They Were Doin The Mambo

Monroe Vaughn

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 

 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