"Você Já Foi à Bahia?" was featured in the
Disney film
The Three Caballeros, under the English translation title "Have You Been to Bahia?" It is sung in the film by the Brazilian parrot,
José Carioca. Parts of the song are still sung in its original Portuguese, while other parts are directly translated into English. The only major difference between Caymmi's original lyrics and those found in
The Three Caballeros is that of whom the song addresses. The original lyrics are addressed to a "nega" or woman of African descent, while in
The Three Caballeros, the song is addressed to
Donald Duck. While Disney used many other pre-existing Latin American songs in their film, "Have You Been to Bahia?" is unique amongst them in that all of the other songs were either left completely untranslated or were retitled and received new English lyrics that were, generally, completely different from their original lyrics. There are two sections of the song that are left untranslated in the movie. The first section could be translated: :
Much luck it had :
Much luck it has :
Much luck it will have The second untranslated section could be translated: :
On the balconies of the two-story houses :
Of old São Salvador :
The memory of the maidens :
In the time of the emperor :
Everything, everything in Bahia :
Makes people really want it :
Bahia has a way :
That no land has Você Já Foi à Bahia? served as the film's title for its Brazilian release. ==References==