I'll Si-Si Ya In Bahia

Written for: Just For You (1952)
Lyric: Leo Robin
Music: Harry Warren
Year: 1952
Original publisher: Famous Music Corporation

Sheet music version:

Chorus:

G'bye, thanks a lot for that champagne,
Kindly pack me on a plane,
See me off, and I'll si-si ya in Bahia.
G'bye, adios, and fare-thee-well,
Tie a tag to my lapel
With the name of my hotel down in Bahia.
Oh, will my romantic heart explode
When all at once I get a load
Of my Maria!
Mamma Mia.
No, she doesn't fall for other guys
And I'm the one who put her wise
To their approaches,
"Bonas noches!"
It's love, ai, ai, ai, and boy, oh, boy,
This is it, the real McCoy,
That's the way it's gonna stay, I guarantee ya.
Love, so, my chums and lovely chicks,
As I board a D. C. Six
At the break of day,
I pause to say:
"I'll si-si ya in Bahia till I bring the lady back to the U. S. A."

Movie version:

Chorus:

Goodbye, thanks a lot for that champagne,
Kindly pour me on a plane,
See me off, and I'll si-si ya in Bahia.
Goodbye, adios, and fare-thee-well,
Tie a tag to my lapel
With the name of my hotel down in Bahia.
Oh, will my romantic heart explode
When all at once I get a load
Of my Maria!
Mamma Mia.
No, she doesn't fall for other guys
And I'm the one who put her wise
To their approaches,
"Bonas nochas!"
Oh, it's love, I, yi, yi, and boy, oh, boy,
This is it, the real McCoy,
That's the way it's gonna stay, I guarantee ya.
So, all my fine and faithful friends
As this charmin' evenin' ends
And I go my way,
I pause to say:
"I'll si-si ya in Bahia till I bring the lady back to the U. S. A."

Half-chorus:

Oh, she's mine, kinda short and Portuguese,
And she calls her kiss a "kees,"
But her "kees" is quite a kiss I guarantee ya.
Love, so my chums and lovely chicks,
As I board a D. C. Six
At the break of day,
I pause to say:
"I'll si-si ya in Bahia till I bring the lady back to the U. S. A."