I, Yi, Yi, Yi, Yi (I Like You Very Much)

Written for: That Night In Rio (1941)
Performer: Carmen Miranda & Bando Da Lua
Lyric: Mack Gordon
Italian lyric: Devilli
Music: Harry Warren
Year: 1941
Original publisher: Twentieth Century Music Corporation, rights controlled by Miller Music Corporation

English lyric:

Verse 1:

There's a girl in Rio de Janeiro who sings in a café,
With a smile that's so entrancing, so sweet, so cute, so gay.
When you go to Rio de Janeiro, say you'll enjoy your stay,
When she sings an American love song in a South American way;

Chorus:

I, yi, yi, yi, yi, I like you very much,
I, yi, yi, yi, yi, I think you're grand;
Why, why, why is it that when I feel your touch,
My heart starts to beat, to beat the band?
I, yi, yi, yi, yi like you to hold me tight,
You are too, too, too, too, too divine;
If you want to be in someone's arms tonight,
Just be sure the arms you're in are mine.
Oh, I like your lips
And I like your eyes;
Would you like my hips
To hipsnotize you?
Si, si, si, si, si, si, see the moon above,
Way, way, way, way, way up in the blue;
Si, si, si, señor, I think I fall in love.
And when I fall, I think I fall for you.
I, yi, yi, yi,
Si, si, si, si,
I, yi, yi, yi
Can see, see, see
That you're for me.

Verse 2 (from British sheet music):

In the glow of Rio de Janeiro, when once that girl you've met,
All your cares will fall to zero, she will teach you to forget;
And some day when Rio de Janeiro has faded from your view,
Still you'll hear the echo of the love song that she sang so softly to you.

[Chorus]

Italian lyric:

"T'amo! Ah!..Ia! Ia!"

Verse:

C'è_una segnorita_a Rio Janeiro che canta_in un caffè.
Bocca rossa_ed occhi neri nessuno sa chi è.
Quando ti sospira_una canzone tu non resisti più,
Senti_in cuore_una grande passione ed allor ti metti_a gridar:

Chorus:

T'amo! T'amo! T'amo! T'amo! Ah, ia! Ia!
Sei la sola mia felicità!
Bramo! Bramo! Bramo! Bramo! Ah, ia! Ia!
La tua bocca che soffrir mi fa.
Bella! Bella! Bella! Fiore di passion
Stella ardente del mio corazon;
Dimmi, dimmi quando ti potro baciar,
Segnorita piu non so aspettar.
Ma quel di verrà
Che vivrai per me;
Sognerai con me
Stretta sul cuore.
T'amo! T'amo! T'amo! T'amo! Ah, ia! Ia!
Un tuo bacio vivere mi fa;
La tua bocca rossa mia sarà
Perchè tu sola mi puoi dare_il vero_amor.
Il grande_amor,
L'ardente_amor,
Soltanto te
Con tutto_il cuor
Io voglio_amar!