THE ANDREWS SISTERS - RUM AND COCA COLA

RUM AND COCA COLA

THE ANDREWS SISTERS

SONGWRITERS: JERI SULLIVAN; MOREY AMSTERDAM & PAUL BARON ·

COUNTRY: U. S. A.

ALBUM: THE ANDREWS SISTERS IN HI-FI

LABEL: CAPITOL RECORDS

GENRE: POP

YEAR: 1956

"Rum and Coca-Cola" is a popular calypso song composed by Lionel Belasco with lyrics by Lord Invader. The song was copyrighted in the United States by entertainer Morey Amsterdam and became a hit in 1945 for the Andrews Sisters, spending ten weeks at the top the Billboard Pop Singles chart.

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.