{ Rum & Coca-Cola }


If you ever go down Trinidad
They make you feel so very glad
Calypso sing and make up rhyme
Guarantee you one real good fine time

Drinkin´ rum and Coca-Cola
Go down Point Koomahnah
Both mother and daughter
Workin´ for the Yankee dollar

Oh, beat it man, beat it

Since the Yankee come to Trinidad
They got the young girls all goin´ mad
Young girls say they treat ´em nice
Make Trinidad like paradise

Drinkin´ rum and Coca-Cola
Go down Point Koomahnah
Both mother and daughter
Workin´ for the Yankee dollar

Oh, you vex me, you vex me

From Chicachicaree to Mona´s Isle
Native girls all dance and smile
Help soldier celebrate his leave
Make every day like New Year´s Eve

Drinkin´ rum and Coca-Cola
Go down Point Koomahnah
Both mother and daughter
Workin´ for the Yankee dollar

It´s a fact, man, it´s a fact

In old Trinidad, I also fear
The situation is mighty queer
Like the Yankee girl, the native swoon
When she hear der Bingo croon

Drinkin´ rum and Coca-Cola
Go down Point Koomahnah
Both mother and daughter
Workin´ for the Yankee dollar

Out on Manzanella Beach
G.I. romance with native peach
All night long, make tropic love
Next day, sit in hot sun and cool off

Drinkin´ rum and Coca-Cola
Go down Point Koomahnah
Both mother and daughter
Workin´ for the Yankee dollar

It´s a fact, man, it´s a fact

Rum and Coca-Cola
Rum and Coca-Cola
Workin´ for the Yankee dollar