The Ñango (Nyango)

Written for: Week-End In Havana (1941)
Lyric: Mack Gordon
Music: Harry Warren
Year: 1938, 1941
Original publisher: Twentieth Century Music Corporation, rights controlled by Bregman, Vocco & Conn, Inc.

Chorus 1:

Let's have fun and do the Ñango,
Ev'ryone should do the Ñango,
It is done in ev'ry smart café.
Even though you can't pronounce it,
When the band begins to bounce it,
That's your cue to dance the Cuban way.
Ev'rywhere you'll see the gang go
Simply wild about the Ñango,
'Specially when it's Fiesta day.
You'll adore the innovation,
Stopping for a conversation,
But you've got to learn just what to say;
Just tell her that you love the gleam in her dreamy eyes
And then pronto, she'll kiss you señor;
Then tell her it was grandioso, so amoroso,
And pronto, she'll kiss you once more.
Then you'll know the reason
It went over with a bango,
From New York to Pango Pango,
You will yearn to get your turn to
Learn to do the Ñango.

Chorus 2:

Let's have fun and do the Ñango,
Ev'ryone should do the Ñango,
It is done in ev'ry smart café.
There's a kick in ev'ry movement,
They found out what in the groove meant,
Now they hep and jive the Cuban way.
You'll see lots of lovely creatures,
Boston debs and Brooklyn teachers.
Go to town with ev'ry Don Jose.
First you dance, then walk a little,
Then you stop to talk a little,
But you've got to learn just what to say;
Just tell her that you love the gleam in her lovely eyes
And then pronto, she'll kiss you señor;
Then tell her it was grandioso, so amoroso,
And pronto, she'll kiss you once more.
And you'll know the reason
It went over with a bango,
From New York to Pango Pango,
They all yearn to get their turn to
Learn to do the Ñango.