From the Musical, “LET’S FACE IT,” 1941.
Words and Music by Cole Porter.
Copyright ©6 Oct 1941.
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics:
A little rumba numba
Down Argentina way,
Made me forget to slumba
As through a dance she’d sway,
Singing “Ay ay ay, Ay ay ay,
Ay ay ay, Ay ay ay”
That little rumba numba
And I fell in love,
That while the world would slumba,
We’d hear the stars above,
Singing “Ay ay ay, Ay ay ay,
Ay ay ay, Ay ay ay”
That little rumba numba
Is now my darling wife,
And though we never slumba
We lead a lovely life,
Singing “Ay ay ay, Ay ay ay,
Ay ay ay, Ay ay ay”
REPEAT REFRAIN
Ay ay,
Ay ay,
Ay, ay, ay ay ay ay!