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


Refrain

Drinkin' rhum 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


Refrain


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


Refrain


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


Refrain


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


Refrain


It's a fact, man, it's a fact


Rhum and Coca-Cola

Rhum and Coca-Cola

Workin' for the Yankee dollar


(Merci à Nat pour cettes paroles)