Three Caballeros - Bing Crosby

The Three Caballeros

Lyrics written by: Ray Gilbert
Original music written by: Manuel Esperón
Adapted from: ¡Ay, Jalisco, no te rajes! written by Ernesto M. Cortázar, Manuel Esperón
Comments: From the Walt Disney production and RKO Radio Pictiures film "The Three Caballeros", which premiered in Mexico City on December 21, 1944

Three Caballeros Lyrics

We're three caballeros
Three gay caballeros
They say we are birds of a feather
We're happy amigos
No matter where he goes
The one, two, and three goes
We're always together

We're three happy chappies
With snappy serapes
You'll find us beneath our sombreros
We're brave and we'll stay so
We're bright as a peso
Who says so? We say so!
The three caballeros

Ohhhh!
We have the stars to guide us
Guitars here beside us
To play as we go
We sing and we samba
We shout 'aye caramba!
What means aya caramba?
Oh yes, I don't know

Oh through fair or stormy weather
We stand close together
Like books on the shelf
And pals though we may be
When some latin baby
Says yes, no, or maybe
Each man is for himself!

Ohhhh!
We have the stars to guide us
Guitars here beside us
To play as we go
We sing and we samba
We shout 'aye caramba!
What means aya caramba?
Oh yes, it means, I don't know

Three Caballeros Singers

1. Charles Wolcott and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Ray Gilbert January 1945 (First recording on February 6, 1944)
2. Bing Crosby and The Andrews Sisters with Vic Schoen and His Orchestra (Billboard hit 1945) November 1944.