The Gay Caballero

"The Gay Caballero" is a song written by Frank Crumit and Lou Klein which was briefly featured in the 1937 animated short film Don Donald. It is a humorous ballad about a Mexican cowboy who is fond of women, wine, and song. In the film, Donald Duck performs a verse of the song while riding Jenny the Burro and strumming a guitar.
==Lyrics==
Oh, I am a gay caballero
Going to Rio Janeiro
With nice oily hair
And full of hot air
I'm an expert at shooting the bullo!
I'm seeking a fair senorita
Not thin and yet not too much meat-a!
I'll woo her a while
In my Argentine style
I'll carry her off of her feet-a!
I'll tell her I'm of the nobili-o
And live in the great big castilli-o
I must have a miss
Who long for a kiss;
She'll not say "Oh don't be so silly-o!"
'Twas at a swell cabaret-ta
While wining and dining I met her
We drank one or two
As other folks do;
The night was wet but she got wetter!
She told me her name was Estrella
She said "Stick around me young fella!"
Mosquitoes they bite
And they're awful tonight
And you smell just like citronella!"
Oh I can't forget that senora;
While telling her how I adore her
Asleep she did fall
Didn't mind that at all
But she was a terrible snorer!
She was a dancer and singer
At me she kept pointing her finger
And saying to me
"Si senor, si si!"
But I couldn't see a durn thing-a!
She told me that she was so lonely
So I climbed up-on her balcony
While under her spell
I heard someone yell
"Get away from here you big baloney!"
I swore I'd win this senorita
I wooed her upon the soffit-a
Then her husband walked in
What he did was a sin
I can still hear the birds sing "tweet-tweet-a!"
Now I am a sad caballero
Returning to Rio Janeiro
Minus my hair
A bruise here and there
For her husband, he chewed off my ear-o!
Category:Songs
Category:Hero/Heroine songs
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