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The Coffee Song

November 8, 2009 by Michael Allen Smith

The Coffee Song

I thought I was a Frank Sinatra fan, but somehow this tune escaped me. Back in 1946, Frank Sinatra sang The Coffee Song. Bob Hilliard wrote the lyrics and Dick Miles did the music.

The Coffee Song as performed by Frank Sinatra.

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 sell their 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 all say no no no

A politician’s daughter was accused of drinking water

And was fined a great big fifty dollar bill

They’ve got an awful lot of coffee 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 or tomato juice You’ll see no potato juice

Cause the planters down in Santos all say no no no

So your lead to the local color

Serving coffee with a cruller

Dunking doesn’t take a lot of skill

They’ve got an awful lot of coffee in Brazil

Man, they got a gang of coffee in Brazil.

Many of the song lyric databases include the following lines, which were not in the Frank Sinatra version.

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

Don’t ask for hot cocoa there

They’ll say you’ve gone loco there

But say caffeine or coffee bean and they’ll say ay ay ay

This song appears on several Frank Sinatra releases, including 16 Most Requested Songs.

Frank Sinatra Coffee Song

Sources

Bob Hilliard – Wikipedia page.

The Coffee Song lyrics – The version performed by Rosemary Clooney.

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