They Were Doin' The Mambo

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