Down where the trade winds play
Down where they lose the day
We found a new world where paradise starts
We traded high the night that I sailed away.

Flowers were in her hair
Music was everywhere
Under an awning of silvery boughs
We traded vows the night that I sailed away.

Trade winds, what are vows that lovers make
Trade winds are they only made to break
When it is May again I'll sail away again
Though I'm returning it won't be the same.

She traded her name
Way down where the trade winds play.

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Trade winds, what are vows that lovers make
Trade winds are they only made to break
When it is May again I'll sail away again
Though I'm returning it won't be the same.

She traded her name
Way down where the trade winds play...