Frank Sinatra fez homenagens às divas com quem viveu, como Ava Gardner, Mia Farrow, e a socialite Barbara Marx; cantou para cidades como Nova Iorque, mas também teve seus momentos de Brazil.
Em 1946, “A Voz”, como tornou-se mais tarde conhecido, recebeu das mãos do produtor Bob Hilliard a letra de The Coffee Song.
Um poema que fala do perfume, dos negócios, da plantação, do amor e das delicias do café. Espero que você goste da música, de Frank Sinatra e de café.
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Romoaldo de Souza
The Coffee Song
Bob Hilliard & Dick Miles
Way down among Brazilians
Coffee beans grow by the billions
So they've got to find those extra cups to fill
They've got an awful lot of coffee in Brazil
You can't get cherry soda
'Cause they've got to fill that quota
And the way things are I'll bet they never will
They've got a zillion tons of coffee in Brazil
No tea or tomato juice
You'll see no potato juice
The planters down in Santos all say no no no
The politician's daughter
Was accused of drinking water
And was fined a great big fifty dollar bill
They've got an awful lot of coffee in Brazil
You date a girl and find out later
She smells just like a percolator
Her perfume was made right on the grill
Why they could percolate the ocean in Brazil
And when their ham and eggs need savor
Coffee ketchup gives 'em flavor
Why they put coffee in the coffee in Brazil
So your lead to the local color
Serving coffee with a cruller
Dunking doesn't take a lot of skill
They've got an awful lot of coffee in Brazil
2 comentários:
Tremendo achado, Romoaldo!
A letra da música revela que, naquela época, a corrupção dos políticos brasileiros - e suas filhas - já era internacionalmente reconhecida. A letra diz que a filha de um político brasileiro foi acusada de beber água, por míseros US$ 50 ...
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