Written by: Antonio Carlos Jobim with Portuguese lyrics by Newton Mendonça. Though other notes will eventually follow, the root of the song is. 'One-Note Samba' ('Samba de Uma Nota Só'). The song starts by talking about how it is just a simple little samba, built upon a single note. ![]() (I know what you're thinking: why rhyme "к тебе" with "к тебе"? But note the English rhyme "to you"/"for you" and the Portuguese rhyme "pra você"/"de você". The lyrics to Ella Fitzgeralds song One Note Samba speak about the simplicity of love and music, both of which can be built on a single note. Сколько здесь людей всё говорят и говорятĬomments and suggestions welcome. 'Samba de Uma Nota Só' ('One Note Samba') is a bossa nova song composed by Antônio Carlos Jobim with Portuguese lyrics by Newton Mendonça. 65 likes, 14 comments - donna wulandari (donna.wulandari) on Instagram: One Note Samba, composed by Antnio Carlos Jobim with Portuguese lyrics by. ![]() Accordingly, I present my alternate translation of this samba, which you're free to go out there and sing: That song is perfectly fine, but (much like the Russian translation of the famous Polish tango To ostatnia niedziela) it isn't really a translation it's a song about how awesome this one note is, but it omits the whole love-song aspect of the original (where You are my One Note). You can find the words here, and you can see a performance here. 'One Note Samba' (originally 'Samba de uma Nota S') is a bossa nova and jazz standard song composed by Antnio Carlos Jobim with Portuguese lyrics by Newton. Recently, I thought: Wouldn't it be nice if there were a Russian version? Actually, there is a Russian version, by Aleksei Ivashchenko. Here's an instrumental version, and below you'll find a version (1962) with Herbie Mann playing the flute and Jobim singing the English lyrics. One of my favorite songs is One Note Samba (1960), with music by Antonio Carlos Jobim, Portuguese lyrics by Newton Mendonça, English translation by Jon Hendricks.
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