CALYPSO VACATION
(Bill Johnson)

Marty Robbins - 1964


Today I leave to get away from it all
I'll board a liner and head for the Caribbean

Beautiful islands of the West Indies
Swaying palms beckon to me
Down where the people are so carefree
I'll take a Calypso vacation

Rum and fun, sea and sun
Wish I were there this minute
Don't blame me if I'm impatient
To take a Calypso vacation

Maybe I'll go by way of old Nassau
I'll leave my cares behind in the Caribbean

Port-O-Prince in old Haiti
Visit them all, make a stay
Island music is callin' me
To take a Calypso vacation

Rum and fun, sea and sun
Wish I were there this minute
Don't blame me if I'm impatient
To take a Calypso vacation

I'm so anxious to be on the way
To take a cruise in the beautiful Caribbean

Maybe I can learn to do the Limbo
Girls can show me what I should know
Time to get the boat, got to go
On my Calypso vacation

Rum and fun, sea and sun
Wish I were there this minute
Don't blame me if I'm impatient
To take a Calypso vacation
To take a Calypso vacation


(Transcribed by Mel Priddle - January 2006)