They Were Doin' the Mambo - Vaughn Monroe

They were doin' the mambo

Vaughn Monroe

Words and music by Sonny Burke and Don Raye

I went a ridin home down to Santa Fe

There’s been a lot of changes since I been away

I went to have a dance at the old dance hall

Where they were having a ball

They were doin the mambo

What the heck is the mambo

They were doin the mambo

While I just stood around

I looked around the place for my best gal Flo

I asked a lot of people for my best friend Joe

Nobody seemed to know where my two friends were

Except that he was with her

They were doin the mambo

Well they called it the mambo

They were doin the mambo

While I just stood around

I used to be a dance hall dandy

But it seems since I been gone

There’s an awful lot of changes

I don’t know what’s goin on

I got a big surprise on the patio

I found my gal a huggin

With my best friend Joe

And when they turned around

And they looked my way

They smiled and shouted «Olay!»

I used to be a dance hall dandy

I knew all there was to know

I knew this away from that away

But which way did they go

I figured it was time that I took a ride

But couldn’t find my horse

Where I left him tied

He found a little filly that he liked a lot

And you believe it or not

They were doin the mambo

Even horses do mambo

They were doin the mambo, mambo

While I just stood around