O Que É Que A Baiana Tem?
| "O que é que a baiana tem?" | |
|---|---|
Carmen Miranda wearing a baiana costume in a scene from Banana da Terra, produced by the Sonofilmes studio. | |
| Song by Carmen Miranda | |
| Language | Portuguese |
| English title | What does the woman from Bahia have? |
| Released | April 1939 |
| Genre | Samba |
| Label | Odeon (Brazil) Decca (U.S.) |
| Songwriter(s) | Dorival Caymmi |
O que é que a baiana tem? (English: What does the woman from Bahia have?) is a song composed by Dorival Caymmi in 1939 and recorded by Carmen Miranda.
The song was immortalized in the voice of the Brazilian artist Carmen Miranda, who played this samba in the film Banana da Terra (1939), directed by Ruy Costa. Besides the film Banana da Terra, "O que é que a baiana tem?" was presented by Miranda in the Broadway musical revue The Streets of Paris between 1939 and 1940, and in the movie Greenwich Village (1944).