(From the 1960 Broadway Play Wildcat)
(Performed with Swen Swenson and Al Lanti)
You don't feel so good huh?
You have to wear a happy hat.
It make you feel better.
What's so special about this hat?
What in the world,
What a Mexican hat
Makes all the troubles disappear.
Like that.
A hat on the platter,
And a piece of string.
All put together is a wonderful thing.
Cause, even if he's blue,
for a moment or two.
When the weather is dark and gray.
How in the world in a Mexican hat
Can the Mexican stay that way.
We love you, love you, love you El Sombrero.
We'll sing you til the face is turning blue.
Turning blue.
I yo ta yo ta yo ta yo take care o.
Without you El Sombrero.
While ever what we do.
We'd catch the Spanish food
And cry boo hoo hoo hoo.
On top of that we have no hat to
Boo hoo hoo hoo into.
What in the world
That you ever have seek.
Makes a better lift for a Mexican beat.
I told places where the hair grows thin.
Catches the plaster
When the roof caves in.
Patches the patch
When the bottom keeps through.
Catches the chicken
When there's nothing to stew.
Keeps on the wind
When the weather is raw.
Keeps out of sight
Of a mother in law.
Oh even when he's done
Does his troubles all come
At a very unfriendly day.
How in the world can a Mexican hat
Can a Mexican stay that way.
We love you, love you, love you El Sombrero.
We'll sing you til the face is turning blue.
Turning blue.
I yo ta yo ta yo ta yo take care o.
Without you El Sombrero.
While ever would we do.
We have say when we Mexican
Is Feeling not so hot.
We have say when Tequila
She has really hit the spot.
We have say no we have say yes.
We have say what the hay.
When in the hat is hat a dress
A girl in Santa Fe Hey!
Ho Hey!