The Nango

From the film “Week-End in Havana”, 1941.
Words by Mack Gordon.
Music by Harry Warren.

The sheet music:

The-Nango – Sheet MusicDownload

Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:

The_Nango – MIDIDownload

Lyrics

  1. Let’s have fun and do The Nango
    Ev’ryone should do The Nango
    It is done in ev’ry smart cafe
    Even though you can’t pronounce it
    When the band begins to bounce it
    That’s your cue to dance the Cuban way
    Ev’rywhere you’ll see the gang go
    Simply wild about The Nango
    ‘Specially when it’s Fiesta day
    You’ll adore the innovation
    Stopping for a conversation
    But you’ve got to know just what to say
    Just tell her that you love
    The gleam in her dreamy eyes
    And then pronto she’ll kiss you senor
    Then tell her it was grandioso, so amoroso
    And pronto she’ll kiss you once more
    Then you’ll know the reason
    It went over with a bango
    From New York to Pango Pango
    You will yearn to get your turn
    To learn to do the Nango
  2. Let’s have fun and do The Nango
    Ev’ryone should do The Nango
    It is done in ev’ry smart cafe
    There’s a kick in ev’ry movement
    They found out what in the groove meant
    Now they hep and jive the Cuban way
    You’ll see lots of loveldy creatures
    Boston debs and Brooklyn teachers
    Go to town with ev’ry Don Jose
    First you dance then walk a little
    Then you stop to talk a little
    But you’ve got to know just what to say
    Just tell her that you love
    The gleam in her dreamy eyes
    And then pronto she’ll kiss you senor
    Then tell her it was grandioso, so amoroso
    And pronto she’ll kiss you once more
    And you’ll know the reason
    It went over with a bango
    From New York to Pango Pango
    They all yearn to get your turn
    To learn to do the Nango