TRADE WINDS
(Charles Tobias / Cliff Friend)

Bing Crosby - 1940
Tommy Dorsey & His Orch. (vocal: Frank Sinatra) - 1940
Richard Himber & His Orch. - 1940
Glenn Miller & His Orch. - 1940
Hank Snow - 1967


Down where the trade winds play
Down where you lose a day
We found a new world where paradise starts

We traded hearts way down where the trade winds play
Music was everywhere, flowers were in her hair
Under an awning of silvery boughs

We traded vows the night that I sailed away
Oh trade winds, what are vows that lovers make
Oh 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


(Contributed by Bill Huntley - December 2004)