PARTS: Soprano Alto Tenor Bass All
KEY: bold = first beat of bar ^ = rest Underline = triplet
174 - Hernando’s Hideaway
pp = pianissimo = softly
crescendo = getting louder
f = forte = loud
ff = fortissimo = very loud
Verse 1
I know a dark secluded place
A place where no-one knows your face
A glass of wine, a fast embrace
(f) It’s called Hernando’s Hideaway O-lay!
Verse 2
All you see are silhouettes
And all your hear are castanets
And no-one cares how late it gets
(f) Not at Hernando’s Hideaway O-lay!
Bridge
(crescendo) Ooh------- ^ At the Golden Fingerbowl or any place you go
(crescendo) Aah------- ^ You will meet your Uncle Max and everyone you know
(crescendo) Ooh------ ^ But if you go to the spot that I am thinking of
^ You will be free
^ to gaze at me
^ (ff) And talk of love!
Verse 3
(pp) Just knock three times and whisper low,
That you and I were sent by Joe,
(crescendo) Then strike a match and you will know
(f) You’re in Hernando’s Hideaway O-lay!
INSTRUMENTAL
Verse 1 - 2nd time
I know a dark secluded place
^^^^^^^(I know) (a dark) (^secluded place)
A place where no- one knows your face
^^^^^^^(A place) (where no) (^-one knows your face)
A glass of wine, a fast embrace
^^^^^^^(A glass) (of wine) (^a fast embrace)
(f) It’s called Hernando’s Hideaway O-lay!
Verse 2 - 2nd time
All you see are silhouettes
And all your hear are castanets
And no-one cares how late it gets
(f) Not at Hernando’s Hideaway O-lay!
Bridge - 2nd time
(crescendo) Ooh------- ^ At the Golden Fingerbowl or any place you go
(crescendo) Aah------- ^ You will meet your Uncle Max and everyone you know
(crescendo) Ooh------ ^ But if you go to the spot that I am thinking of
^ You will be free
^ to gaze at me
^ (ff) And talk of love!
Verse 3
(pp) Just knock three times and whisper low, (Knock! Knock! Knock!)
That you and I were sent by Joe, (Whispered: “Sent by Joe”)
(crescendo) Then strike a match and you will know
(f) You’re in Hernando’s Hideaway O-lay!
Wait for 1½ bars…
Spoken (ff) O-LAY!
A tango show tune, from the musical The Pajama Game, Words and music by Richard Adler and Jerry Ross 1954. It was sung in the stage and film versions of the musical by Carol Haney. I wonder if the reference to ‘Joe’ in this song has anything to do with the person of the same name in our other song Green Door?