BIG BRASS BAND FROM BRAZIL
From the Broadway show "Angel In The Wings" (1947)
(Bob Hilliard / Carl Sigman)

Jack Smith - 1948
Kay Kyser & His Orch. - 1948
Danny Kaye & The Andrews Sisters - 1948
Edmundo Ros & His Rumba Band - 1948
Art Mooney - 1948


Aroompah-pah casegaru,
Aroompah-pah casegaru
Aroompah-pah casegaru
That's the way they go

Three brothers down in Rio
Had a noisy family trio
Three piccolos that sounded mighty shrill
But their poppa called it music
So with his dough they planned
The big brass band from brazil

Then soon they sent to Cuba
For some trumpets and a tuba
They figured that their relatives had skill
Poppa's ears were stuffed with cotton
But he still thinks they're grand
The big brass band from Brazil

Oh they practiced all night long
But they've only learned one song
So they play that same old phrase
Forty seven different ways

Aroompah-pah casegaru
Aroompah-pah casegaru

Aroompah-pah casegaru
Give the boys a hand

Room-pah-pah, Room-pah-pah
Room-pah-pah, Room-pah-pah

There's first and second cousins
And there's uncle by the dozens
They play as long as poppa pays the bill
And it's getting more expensive
Each time that they expand
The big brass band from Brazil
With cymbals an maracas
They were hot as fire crackers
The night they played that concert on the hill
And they made it more exciting
By crashing through the stand
The big brass band from Brazil

Oh they practiced all night long
But they've only learned one song
They don't need their drums at all
When the neighbours bang the wall

(Orchestral Break)

They caused a big sensation
As they played across the nation
As long as something's different it's a thrill
And to keep Brazilian friendship
The critics never panned
The big brass band from Brazil

Oh they practiced all night long
But they've only learned one song
People say that they'd be through
If they practiced something new

Aroompah-pah casegaru
Aroompah-pah casegaru
Aroompah-pah casegaru
Give the boys a hand
The big brass band from Brazil


(Transcribed by Bill Huntley - January 2005)