Melody Time Blame It on the Samba

from Melody Time movie, written by Ernesto Nazareth and Ray Gilbert, performed by Ethel Smith and The Dinning Sisters
With the intoxicating rhythm of the samba, we serve up a musical cocktail with true Latin American flavour. If three boisterous birds of a feather fall under the influence of this tropical tempo, don't blame them, blame it on the rhythm of the samba.

If your spirits have hit a new low And they long to hit a new high One little musical cocktail Will lift them to the sky Mix a jigger of rhythm With the strain of a few guitars Add a dash of the samba And a few melodious bars And then... You take a spark of bossa One fandero Take a wiggle You've got the fascinating rhythm of the samba And if guitars are strumming Birds are humming Drums are drumming Then blame it on the samba It's the beat you cling to The type of song you sing to The kind of thing you swing to With the beat in your feet When you're bouncing to the beat you're reeling With the carioca feeling But if you want to hit the ceiling Here is all you have to do You take a spark of bossa One fandero Take a wiggle You've got the fascinating rhythm of the samba