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

 CHORUS 1:

 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

 CHORUS 2:

 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!"

 CHORUS 2

 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