From the film “Cadet Girl”, 1941.
Words by Leo Robin.
Music by Ralph Rainger.
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
In a swell Manhattan hotel
There’s a Southern Belle
Whom the bell boys call “Senorita Lee”
Her life was dull ’til Secretary Hull
Gave out his Good Neighbor Policy
Said she, “That’s for me,
That Good Neighbor Policy”
Chorus
She’s got a Pan-American feeling
For the fellow next door
His name is Alvarez and he proudly says
She’s a good neighbor
And there’s a Panamanian planter
On the very next floor
And he’s another guy who can testify
She’s a good neighbor
They agree whatever the case may be
She won’t say “yes”
But she will say “si, si”
She’s got a Pan-American feeling
For another Senor
He lives a mile away but he’ll smile and say
She’s a good neighbor