Titel: "Managua, Nicaragua"                

Komponist: Irving Fields

Texter: Albert Gamse

Verlag: Encore Music Publications Inc., New Yoek

Erscheinungsjahr: 1946

Druckerei: Keine Angabe

Graphiker: Keine Angabe

Sammlungsnummer: 4284

 

"Managua, Nicaragua" ist ein bekannter amerikanischer Jazz-Song aus den 1940er Jahren. Mit dem Song erreichten Freddy Martins Orchester, Guy Lombardo mit seiner Band und ebenso Kay Kysers Band hohe Ränge in der Billboard Chart. Der Text des Liedes liest sich wie eine Liebeserklärung an Managua in Nicaragua:

 

Won't you kindly open your geography;

Let us turn to page a hundred-twenty-three;

Between the Caribbean and the Pacific shore,

You'll find a city of "amor".

 

Managua, Nicaragua, is a beautiful town,

You buy a "hacienda" for a "pesos" down;

You give it to the lady you are trying to win,

But her papa doesn't let you come in.

 

Managua, Nicaragua, is a heavenly place,

You ask a Senorita for a "little" embrace,

She answers you: "Caramba! Scram-ba, Bambarito",

in Managua, Nicaragua, that's "No".

 

I have been to many tropic ports;

I might include even Brooklyn,

If you're ever feeling out of sorts,

I'd like to recommend a look in;

 

Managua, Nicaragua, What a wonderful spot!

There's coffee and bananas and the temp'rature hot,

So take a trip and on a ship go sailing away;

Across the "agua" to Managua, Nicaragua. O le.

 

Managua, Nicaragua, is a town you'll adore,

A kiss from Senorita has you pleading for more,

Before you take a second one, you've got to propose,

Or her papa leads you out by the nose.

 

Managua, Nicaragua! Oh, it's really the top;

You buy a big sombrero from a neighborhood shop,

And then the girls will follow you like in a parade,

That's because they want to walk in the shade.

 

You have never tasted "frijoles"

Till you have dined in Managua,

And while Senorita's hand you squeeze;

There's moonlight a la Nicaragua.

 

And what if a Tarantula should give you a bite?

You just apply banana oil and you'll be all right,

So take a trip and on a ship go sailing away;

Across the "agua" to Managua, Nicaragua. O le.

 

Managua, Nicaragua, is delightful in Spring,

You meet a sweet Chiquita and you think od a ring;

But when it comes to say "Si, Si" then you are denied;

She would rather be a Bullfighter's bride.

 

Managua, Nicaragua! I that city so quaint;

You live like you're a millionaire, though that's what you ain't,

You hardly would believe how much a peso can buy;

One thin slice of tasty coconut pie.

 

Ev'ry day is made for play and fun,

'Cause ev'ry day is fiesta;

And they work from twelve o'clock to one,

Minus an hour for siesta.

 

And you can feast on "enchillados" all the day long

Provided that your stomach is especially strong;

So take a trip and on a ship go sailing away;

Across the "agua" to Managua, Nicaragua. O le.

 

Bei You Tube gibt es mehrere Clips von o.g. Song u.a auch von Kay Kyser.