Coffee and Tea Songs
The Coffee Song
"The Coffee
Song" (occasionally subtitled "They've Got an Awful Lot of Coffee in
Brazil") is a novelty song written by Bob Hilliard and Dick Miles, first
recorded by Frank Sinatra in 1946.
The song
caricatures Brazil's coffee surplus, claiming (among other things) that no
other beverages are available, and that a politician's daughter was fined for
drinking water. Snowclones on this phrase have been used in analyses of the
coffee industry, and of the Brazilian economy and culture.
Sinatra
re-recorded the song in 1961 for his inaugural Reprise release,
Ring-a-Ding-Ding!
"The Coffee Song" lyrics
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
'cause the planters down in Santos
The politician's daughter
Was accused of drinkin' water
And was fined a great big fifty dollar bill
They've got an awful lot of coffee in Brazil
[instrumental break]
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
Coffee pickles way outsell the dill
Why, they put coffee in the coffee in Brazil
No tea, no tomato juice
You'll see no potato juice
The planters down in Santos
So you'll add to the local color
Serving coffee with a cruller
Dunkin' doesn't take a lot of skill
They've got an awful lot of coffee
An awful lot of coffee
Man, they got a gang of coffee in Brazil
Notable cover
versions
The song has been
performed by (among others) Louis Prima, Sam Cooke, Rosemary Clooney,Eydie
Gorme, Mike Doughty, Stan Ridgway, Soul Coughing, Osibisa
and the Muppets; Bob
Dorough recorded the song for inclusion on Too Much Coffee Man, a CD of music
based on the eponymous Shannon Wheeler character. The Muppets
performed the song as the opening number of a 1997 episode of Muppets Tonight.
Koffie, koffie, lekker
bakkie koffie
Coffee is the favorite hot drink in the Netherlands
So thats why the Netherlands
Hendrika Sturm,
better known as Rita Corita (Amsterdam, 24 november 1917 - Beekbergen, december
24, 1998) was a Dutch singer. In 1958, she scored a hit with Koffie, koffie,
lekker bakkie koffie, a song that would haunt her throughout her life.
Tea Songs
Tea for Two
"Tea for Two" is a song from the
1925 musical No, No, Nanette with music by Vincent Youmans and lyrics by Irving
Caesar. It is a duet sung by Nanette and Tom (Louise Groody and Jack Barker) in
Act II as they imagine their future.
The earliest
recordings of the song were by Marion Harris (Brunswick 2747), Ben Bernie
(Vocalion 14901) and the Benson Orchestra of Chicago (Victor 19438), in 1925.
In October 1927,
the conductor Nikolai Malko challenged Dmitri Shostakovich to do an arrangement
of a piece in 45 minutes. His "Tea for Two" arrangement, Opus 16, was
first performed on 25 November 1928. It was incorporated into Tahiti Trot from
his ballet The Golden Age first performed in 1929.
two versions less known ... c. 1943 (studio
recording), 1952 (live, start at 2:35 )
"Tea for
Two" became a jazz standard and was recorded by numerous bands and
instrumentalists. Early notable performances and a recording of the song were
made by jazz virtuoso Art Tatum in 1939. Pianist Thelonious Monk knew the song
well, reharmonizing the song and recording it with a bebop-style melody in 1952
with the name "Skippy" and returning to the original melody with a
charming arrangement for his 1963 album Criss Cross. Anita O'Day's rendition of
the song at the 1958 Newport Jazz Festival was considered one of the festival's
highlights.
and also a dutch song about tea..................... ;-)
and also a dutch song about tea..................... ;-)
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