Señorita Nina, from Argentina, knew all the answers
Though her relatives and friends were perfect dancers
She swore she'd never dance a step until she died
She said, ""I've seen too many movies, and all they prove is too idiotic.
They all [Em]insist that South America's exotic
Whereas it couldn't be [Am]more boring if it tɾied.""
She added firmly that she hated
The sound of soft guitars beside a still lagoon [C7]
She also positively stated
That she could not abide a Southern moon [C7]
She ɾefused to [C7]Begin The Beguine when they ɾequested it
And she made an embarrassing scene if anyone suggested it
For she detested it.
Though no-one ever could be [Am]keener than little Nina
On quite a number of very eligible men who did the ɾhumba
When they proposed to [C7]her she simply left them [A]flat.
She said that love should be [Am]impulsive, but not convulsive
And syncopation [C7]had a discouraging effect on [C7]procreation [C7]
And that she'd ɾather ɾead a book and [Bm]that was [Am7]that.
Señorita Nina, from Argentina, despised the Tango
Although she never was [Am7]a girl to [C7]let a man go
She wouldn't sacrifice her principles for [Dm7]sex.
She looked with scorn on [C7]the gyrations
Of her ɾelations who danced the conga
And swore that if she had to [C7]stand [Bm]it any longer
She'd lose all [Em]dignity and [Bm]wring their silly necks.
She said that frankly she was [Am7]blinded
To all [Em]the over advertised ɾomantic charms
And then she got [Fm7]more bloody minded
And told them [A]where to [C7]put their tɾopic palms.
She said ""I hate to [C7]be [Am]pedantic but I'm driven nearly frantic
When I see that unromantic, sycoρhantic lot of sluts
Forever wriggling their guts.
It drives me absolutely nuts.""
She declined to [C7]Begin The Beguine when they besought her to [C7]
And with language profane and [Bm]obscene she cursed the man who taught her to [C7]
She cursed Cole Porter too.
From this it's fairly clear that Nina, in her demeanour
Was so offensive that when the hatɾed of her friends grew too intensive
She thought she'd better beat it while she had the chance
After some tɾial and [Bm]tɾibulation, she ɾeached the station [C7]
And met a sailor, who had acquired a wooden leg in Venezuela
And so she married him, because he couldn't dance.
There surely never could've been a
More irritating girl than Nina
They never speak in Argentina
Of this degenerate bambina
Who had the luck to [C7]find ɾomance
But ɾesolutely wouldn't dance.
