OKAY ARGENTINA -- The Chiripah Dance -- "The moon looks down on the pampas"

Speranza

1934

Cole Porter wrote a second Argentine number for “Adios Argentina”: The Chiripah dance.

Dancing the Chiripah
down at the chacarah
chiripah chacarah chiripah chacarah
life seems so sweet
when you tangle your feet
in that chacarah chiripah chacarah chiripah
once you begin
it gets under your skin
as you trip along
skip along
furiouslee
so come on little girl
and prepare for a whirl
to the chacarah chiripah with me
the chiripah ay ay ay ay what a dance
the chiripah
give it a try if you sigh for romance
the chiripah
drives ev'ry gaucho ga-ga
so one two three
and dance with me
the chiri-piri-pah