[78-L] CUBA songs from tin pan alley query

[Thomas Stern]

I'm forwarding this query, posted to MUDCAT - I'm sure
folks on this list will know dozens.....
Best wishes, Thomas.


Subject: Funny Tin Pan Alley songs about Cuba?
From: MorwenEdhelwen1 - PM
Date: 09 Jun 13 - 10:17 PM

I'm getting back to revising something I started last year, which is a young adult science fiction novel that is a sort of
examination of the cult of personality around Che Guevara, which is why it's set in Cuba. The protagonist is a literal clone of
Che. In the first few pages, someone sings a song that plays in a tourist ad and is supposed to symbolise American attitudes about
the country that the government is playing to. The lyrics are quoted.

Right now I'm using Irving Berlin's "I'll See You In C-U-B-A," which , but I've found that the copyright was renewed, so I'm
looking for any similar pieces from around that period on the subject of Cuba, particularly funny ones, or which mention Cuba in
detail. Does anyone know of other similarly humourous Tin Pan Alley songs about Cuba that are in public domain (ie the rights
haven't been renewed) in the same vein as the Irving Berlin piece?