Recorded by Hank Snow 
Writer: Mitchell Torok 
 
KEY: B 
HERE:
C 

   C
1. Have you ever been down to Haiti, when 
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The summer sun was sinkin' low 

There's nothin' but romance, just everwhere you glance 
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And the native hearts are all a- glow 

But when the Cuban Queen comes upon the scene 
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They all stare like a statue out of stone 
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And when they realize what's be-fore their eyes 
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The other girls are left all a-lone. 
   C
2. Down in the Caribbean, it's not a dream you're seein' 
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When you get a glimpse of the lady with the charm 

But from miles away you can see her sway 
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To the beat of the Cuban Conga line that forms. 
   C
3. Up in a tree so high, way up in the sky 
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Sits a wide-eyed monkey on a limb 

He wonders why the people go to so much trouble 
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Just to try to be like him 

He doesn't understand, that it's a lady's hand 
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That makes a heart feel so sub-lime 
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But before too long, he starts singing the song 
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And then he gets in the Conga line. 
 
4. Columbus searched for spices, but he missed the nicest 
Part of the Caribbean 
He didn't see the charms and the open arms 
It was the gold that he was seein' 
Oh, but I'm glad he missed, the sweetest thing I've kissed 
'Cause we're on our honeymoon 
I'm so sorry Chris, to talk about you like this 
But you were five-hundred years too soon. 
 
Note. Repeat verses 2 and 3. 
 
SOURCE: HANK SNOW-JUST KEEP A-MOVIN'/1955 RCA LPM-1113