JAMAICA RHUMBA
(Gene Vincent De Paul (m) Don Raye (l) )

as recorded by
Woody Herman & his Orchestra
(vocal - Mary Ann McCall)
1949


Jamaica rhumba, Jamaica rhumba,
Maybe you know how to shake a torso,
But they shake it in Jamaica more so!

Jamaica rhumba, Jamaica rhumba,
Got that old Jamaica ginger somethin',
Take it easy or you'll injure somethin'!

It's an improvement
On any movement,
You can do it in a smaller space;
The only thing is
Be sure the swing is
Swingin' in the proper place!

And if you must know
Some caballero,
Do the rhumba when you go to win 'im,
It will bring out all the lobo in 'im!
Jamaica rhumba, Jamaica rhumba!

It's an improvement
On any movement,
You can do it in a smaller space;
The only thing is
Be sure the swing is
Swingin' in the proper place!

And if you must know
Some caballero,
Do the rhumba when you go to win 'im,
It will bring out all the lobo in 'im!
Jamaica rhumba, Jamaica rhumba!
Ariba ariba ariba!




(Transcribed by Peter Akers - January 2016)