"Amapola, Lindisima Amapola" - to my beloved Wife

"Amapola" is a popular song, written by Spanish composer Joseph LaCalle with Spanish lyrics although the English language lyrics were written by Albert Gamse.

Though the song was published in 1924, the most popular recorded version was made nearly two decades later by the Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra with vocalists Helen O'Connell and Bob Eberly. The recording was released by Decca Records as catalog number 3629. The record first reached the Billboard charts on March 14, 1941 and lasted 14 weeks on the chart, peaking at #1.


An instrumental version of the piece formed an important leitmotif in the gangster film Once Upon a Time in America (1984).

Spanish version:

Amapola, lindisima amapola,
Será siempre mi alma tuya sola.
Yo te quiero, amada niña mia,
Iqual que ama la flor la luz del día.
Amapola, lindisima amapola,
No seas tan ingrate y ámame.

Amapola, amapola
Cómo puedes tú vivir tan sola.
Yo te quiero, amada niña mía.
Igual que ama la flor la luz del día.
Amapola, lindísima amapola,
No seas tan ingrate y ámame.

Amapola, amapola
Cómo puedes tú vivir tan sola

English version:

AMAPOLA (PRETTY LITTLE POPPY)
Jimmy Dorsey- words by Albert Gamse, music by Joseph M. Lacalle

Amapola
My pretty little poppy
You're like that lovely flower, so sweet and heavenly
Since I found you
My heart is wrapped around you
And loving you it seems to beat a rhapsody

Amapola
The pretty little poppy
Must copy its endearing charm from you

Amapola, Amapola
How I long to hear you say, "I love you."


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