rum and 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 all 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 soldiers 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

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

rum and coca-cola

drinking rum and coca-cola

rum and coca-cola

workin' for the yankee dollar