Blame It on the Samba

Blame It on the Samba is an animated short and a song from the film Melody Time. Donald Duck and Jose Carioca have a case of the blues and the only way to cure themselves is by getting into the rhythm of the Samba which they do with a little help from the Aracuan Bird. It was reissued as a stand-alone short on April 1, 1955.

Synopsis
Donald and Jose are down in the dumps until the Arucan Bird introduces them to the pleasures of the samba!

Characters

 * Donald Duck
 * Jose Carioca
 * Aracuan Bird

Lyrics
If your spirits have hit a new low

And they long to hit a new high

One little musical cocktail

Will lift them to the sky

Mix a jigger of rhythm

With the strain of a few guitars

Add a dash of the samba

And a few melodious bars

And then

And there

You take a small cabaca

One pandiero

Take the cuica You've got the fascinating rhythm of the samba

And if guitars are strumming Birds are humming Drums are drumming Then you can blame it on the rhythm of the samba

For there is something 'bout the beat you cling to

Not the type of song you sing to

But the kind of thing you swing to

When you get to bouncin' with the beat in your feet

For when you're bouncing to the beat you're reeling With the carioca feeling But if you want to hit the ceiling Here is all you have to do

You take a small cabaca One pandiero Take a cuica You've got the fascinating rhythm of the samba