Friday's Sung Word: "Mamãe eu Quero" by Jararaca and Vicente Paiva (in Portuguese)

"Mamãe Eu Quero" was composed solely by Jararaca and became an immediate success. However, he was unable to get permission to record it on a disc. After much persistence, Vicente Paiva gave his authorization, and the recording was made more as a joke, due to the low recording costs. In gratitude, Jararaca gave him the "co-authorship."

During the recording, on December 17, 1936, some unscheduled things happened, such as the funny prologue in which Almirante and Jararaca has an improvised dialogue. This dialogue was added to keep up with the recording time, which was very short in the initial take.

Carmen Miranda make the song an international success in 1939 when participated of the musical "Streets of Paris". In America the song was called "I Want My Mamma"

 

Mamãe eu quero...
Mamãe eu quero...
Mamãe eu quero mamar...
Dá a chupeta...
Dá a chupeta...
Dá a chupeta pro bebê não chorar!

Dorme filhinho
do meu coração!
Pega a mamadeira
e vem entrar pro meu cordão.
Eu tenho uma irmã que se chama Ana -
De piscar o olho já ficou sem pestana!

Eu olho as pequenas
Mas daquele jeito
Tenho muita pena
Não ser criança de peito
Eu tenho uma irmã que é fenomenal
Ela é da bossa e o marido é boçal!

 

You can listen  "Mamãe eu Quero" sung by Jararaca and chorus (Almirante, Ciro Monteiro e Odete Almaral) with Vicente Paiva (piano), Luís Americano (clarinet), José Alves (banjo), Canhoto (cavaquinho), Carlos Lentini e Nei Orestes (guitarrs) e Russo do Pandeiro (pandeiro) here.

 

You can watch "Mamãe eu Quero" sung by Carmen Miranda, Canhoto, and the Bando da Lua in the movie "Down Argentine Way" here.