Rum and Coca-Cola

- words by Morey Amsterdam, music by Jeri Sullavan and Paul Baron

- lyrics written by comedian Morey Amsterdam who played Buddy Sorrell on The

Dick Van Dyke Show. He died of a heart attack Sunday, October 27, 1996

at the age of 87.

- as recorded by The Andrews Sisters with Vic Schoen & His Orchestra

October 18, 1944.



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