Desi Arnaz (March 2, 1917 – December 2, 1986) was a Cuban-born American musician, actor and television producer. While he gained international renown for leading a Latin music band, the Desi Arnaz Orchestra, he is best known for his role as Ricky Ricardo on the American TV series I Love Lucy, starring with Lucille Ball, to whom he was married at the time. He is generally credited as the inventor of the rerun.
Desi Arnaz was born Desiderio Alberto Arnaz y de Acha III in Santiago de Cuba to Desiderio Alberto Arnaz II (March 8, 1894 - May 31, 1973) and his wife Dolores de Acha (April 2, 1896 - October 24, 1988). His father was Santiago's youngest mayor and also served in the Cuban House of Representatives. His maternal grandfather was Alberto de Acha, one of the three founders of Bacardi Rum. According to Arnaz himself, in his autobiography A Book (1976), the family owned three ranches, a palatial home, and a vacation mansion on a private island in Santiago Bay, Cuba. Following the 1933 Cuban Revolution, led by Fulgencio Batista, which overthrew President Gerardo Machado, Alberto Arnaz was jailed and all of his property was confiscated. He was released after six months when U.S. officials, who believed him to be neutral, intervened on his behalf. The family then fled to Miami, Florida, where Desi attended St. Patrick Catholic High School. In the summer of 1934 he attended Saint Leo Prep (near Tampa) to help improve his English.
Plot
After her parents are financially ruined in a lawsuit over a shooting accident, Lucille 'Lucy' Ball pursues her dream of fame as actress. She succeeds in comical parts, often the girl who gets the cake in her face. Then she meets and soon marries the love of her life, Desiderio 'Desi' . Ricky, Latin band leader and aristocratic son of an exiled Cuban mayor. Desi proves a business genius, who gets a revolutionary method adopted to gain production control of the sitcom "I Love Lucy", a format devised for him and Lucy to star in. Despite offspring, their family life soon gets into stormy waters, mainly due to his infidelity, gambling and temper.
Keywords: abuse, character-name-in-title, dancing, face-slap, gambling, hugging, infidelity, jealousy, love, play-within-a-play
When the comedy stopped...real life began.
Desi Arnaz: I work hard, I play hard, I drink hard and I love hard.
[on Desi's infidelity]::Lucy: That's your excuse? Because your daddy did it long ago on some Spic island?
Could they learn to love each other as much as the world loved them?
Before the Fans, the Fame, the Fortune...
Oh, the lady in red is as fresh as a daisy when the town is in bed
Dancing and dining and shining originality
She's very proper
She's nothing more than a pal
Oh me oh my
You'll never stop her
She'll be a dangerous gal
If she ever met the right guy
Oh the lady in red
The fellas are crazy for the lady in red
She's a bit gaudy but lord what a pretty personality
Say have you ever met the girl who's the toast of the town
A work of art without a question
Forever Darling, while all the hearts go wondering,
You'll find mine as faithful as can be
I'll be your true love, forever and forever
I'll care for you eternally
I've known your kiss and I've been close to heaven
the thrill of this will last me till my life is through
I've made this promise, and willingly I'll keep it
Forever, forever darling you will find me true
Babalu
Babalu
Babalu aye
Babalu aye
Babalu
Jungle drums were badly beating
In the glare of eerie lights:
While the natives kept repeating
Ancient jungle rites.
All at once the dusky warriors began to
Raise their arms to skies above
A a native stepped forward to chant to
his Voodoo Godess of love.
Ah!
CHORUS
Great Babalu!
I 'm so lost and forsaken
Ah, great Babalu
Babalu
Babalu
Babalu aye
Babalu aye
Babalu
Jungle drums were badly beating
In the glare of eerie lights:
While the natives kept repeating
Ancient jungle rites.
All at once the dusky warriors began to
Raise their arms to skies above
A a native stepped forward to chant to
his Voodoo Godess of love.
CHORUS
Great Babalu!
I 'm so lost and forsaken
Babalu
Babalu
Babalu aye
Babalu aye
Babalu
Ta empezando lo velorio
Que le hacemo a Babalu
Dame diez y siete velas
Pa ponerle en cruz.
Dame un cabo de tabaco mayenye
Y un jarrito de aguardiente,
Dame un poco de dinero mayenye
Pa' que me de la suerte.
CHORUS
Quiere pedi
Que mi negra me quiera
Que tenga dinero
Y que no se muera
Av! Vo le quiero pedi a Babalu 'na negra muy santa como tu que no tenga otro negro
Pa' que no se fuera.
2nd VERSE (CONCLUSION)
[Repeated 10 times:]
Forever Darling, while all the hearts go wondering,
You'll find mine as faithful as can be
I'll be your true love, forever and forever
I'll care for you eternally
I've known your kiss and I've been close to heaven
the thrill of this will last me till my life is through
I've made this promise, and willingly I'll keep it
Were having a baby, my baby and me
You'll read it in Winchell's
That we're adding a limb to our family tree
We're pushing our carriage
How proud I will be
There's nothing like marriage
Ask your mother and father and they'll agree
He'll have toys, baby clothes
He'll know he's come to the right house
By and by, when he grows
Maybe he'll live in the White House
Our future gets brighter
But definitely
We're having a baby
We're having a baby
We're having a baby
Forever Darling, while all the hearts go wondering,
You'll find mine as faithful as can be
I'll be your true love, forever and forever
I'll care for you eternally
I've known your kiss and I've been close to heaven
the thrill of this will last me till my life is through
I've made this promise, and willingly I'll keep it
If you're ever in a jam, here i am!
If you're ever in a mess, S-O-S
If you ever land in jail, Im your bail
It's friendship, friendship, just the perfect blendship
When other friendships have been forgot,
Ours will still be hot
a yadda, yadda, huk, huk huk.
a yadda, yadda, huk, huk, huk
If you're ever in a tree, phone to me
If you're ever down a well, ring my bell
If you ever lose you teeth, and your out to dine...borrow mine
It's friendship, friendship, just the perfect blendship
When other friendships have been forgate
Our's will still be great
a yadda, yadda, huk,huk,huk
a yadda, yadda, huk,huk,huk
If they ever black your eyes, put me wise
If they ever cook your goose, turn me loose
If they ever put a bullet though your brain...I'll complain
It's friendship, friendship, just the perfect blendship
When other friendships have been forgit
Our's will still be it.
a yadda, yadda, huk,huk,huk
I love Lucy and she loves me.
Were as happy as two can be.
Sometimes we quarrel but then.
How we love making up again.
Lucy kisses like know one can.
She's my misses and im her man.
And life is heaven you see.
Cause I Love Lucy.
There's a brand new baby in our house
The nicest little gift we've ever had
How much fuller life's become
No one knows what makes it hum
'Til you call each other mommy and dad
There's a brand new baby in our house
And though he's been there just a little while
In the parlour in the hall
Every picture on the wall
Seems to know because they all wear a smile
I can't explain what he does to my heart
With his infant charms
I never knew what heaven was
'Til I held an angel in my arms
There's a brand new baby in our house
He's twice as sweet as honey from the comb
He's the image of my spouse
He's the tricky micky mouse
Who has changed our happy house to a home
We thank the lord
Whose love and wondrous powers
Gave us the brand new
Grand new
Not so far from here there's a very lively atmosphere,
everybody's goin there this year
and there's a reason the season never closes there
love and pureness you'll find everywhere
people always having fun down there, so come along
I'm on my way to cuba, that's where I'm goin,
Cuba, that's where I'll stay
Cuba where whine is flowin
and the dark eyed fellows, like the fellas wanna tell us
Cuba where it's all happy,
Cuba where all is gay
Why don't you plan a wonderful trip down to havana, hop on a ship,
and I'll see you in C-U-B-A
why don't you plan a wonderful trip down to havana, hop on a ship,
Nothing could be finer than to be in Carolina
In the morning
No one could be sweeter than my sweetie when I meet her
In the morning
Where the morning glories twine around the door
Whispering pretty stories I long to hear once more
Strolling with my girlie where the dew is pearly early
In the morning
If I had Aladdin's lamp for only a day
I'd make a wish and here's what I'd say
Nothing could be finer thana to be in Carolina
In the morning!
Where the morning glories twine around the door
Whispering pretty stories I long to hear once more
Strolling with my girlie where the dew is pearly early
in the morning
Butterflies all flutter up and kiss each buttercup at dawning
If I had Aladdin's lamp for only a day
I'd make a wish and here's what I'd say
Nothing could be finer than to be in Carolina
Heaven, I'm in heaven
and my heart beats so that I can hardly speak
and I seem to find the happiness I see
when we're out together dancin cheek to cheek
Heaven, I'm in heaven
and the cares that hung around me through the week
seem to vanish like a gamblers lucky streak
when we're out together dancin cheek to cheek
Oh, I'd love to climb a mountain,
and to reach the highest peak
but it doesn't thrill me half as much as dancin cheek to cheek
Oh, I'd love to go out fishin
on a river, or a creek
but I wouldn't enjoy it half as much
as dancin cheek to cheek
Dance with me, I want my arms around you
the charm about you, will carry me through to
heaven, I'm in heaven
and my heart beats so that I can hardly speak
and I seem to find the happiness I see
They call me cuban pete, I'm the king of the rhumba beat
when I play my maracas I go
chick chicky boom, chick chicky boom
Yes sir I'm cuban Pete, I'm the craze of my native street
when I start to dance everything goes
chick chicky boom, chick chicky boom
The senorita, they sing and they swing with terampero
It's very nice, so full of spice
And when they dancin they bring a happy ring that era keros
singin a song, all the day long
so If you like the beat, take a lesson from cuban pete,
and I'll teach you to chick chicky boom, chick chicky boom
Senora or Senorita solo: (optional)
They call me sally sweet, I'm the queen of delancy street
when I start to dance everything goes
chick chicky boom, chick chicky boom
Excuse me Mr. Pete, (yes maam)
Have the cubans a different beat?
If they have will you teach me to
chick chick chicky boom, chick chicky boom
verse 2 (male solo)
si, senorita, I know that you will like the chicky boom chicky
It's very nice, so full of spice
I'll place my hand on your hip and if you will just give me your hand
then we shall try, just you and I. I yi
so if you like the beat take a lesson from cuban pete
and I'll teach you to