Carnival (Carnaval)

Written for: The Gang's All Here (1943) (as "Silent Señorita")
Performer: Studio Orchestra & Chorus (as "Silent Señorita")
English lyric: Bob Russell (1945)
Spanish lyric: Tomas Rios (1947)
Music: Harry Warren
Year: 1943; 1945, 1947
Original publisher: Triangle Music Corporation

1945 version:

Chorus:

Heard the sound of laughter
And saw the mission gates opened wide;
Saw her selling kisses 
That caballeros bought starry-eyed;
Though I only knew but one word,
One word, still I moved up close;
I took one look and to my heart
I said "Adios, adios."
Moon was like a lantern
Just hanging overhead, and so bright;
My eyes said, "Won't you kiss me?"
It must have been my eyes or the night;
We found a love that lingers
When carnivals depart;
A kiss can speak a volume,
You simply speak it with your heart.

1947 version:

English lyric:

Chorus:

Heard the sound of laughter
And saw the mission gates open'd wide;
Saw her selling kisses 
That caballeros bought starry-eyed;
Though I only knew but one word,
One word, still I moved up close;
I took one look and whisper'd to 
My heart the word, "Adios."
Moon was like a lantern
Just hanging overhead, and so bright;
My eyes said, "Won't you kiss me?"
It must have been my eyes or the night;
We found a love that lingers
When carnivals depart;
A kiss can speak a volume
If only spoken with your heart.

Spanish lyric:

Chorus:

Comó te reías
La noche de aquel carnaval;
Besos repartías
En loca y febril bacanal;
Y yo me_acerqué sin saber
Y_un beso tuyo pedí;
Y sin pensarlo ni querer
Perdido_allí me vi.
Suave luz de luna
En dulce palidez te cubrió,
Y tu_alma_y mi_alma_en una
Su clara brillantez las fundió;
Ahogué con beso loco
Tu risa de cristal,
Y_eternamente_invoco
La noche de_ese carnaval.