Caribbean - Mitchell Torok

Caribbean
Written by: Mitchell Torok

Caribbean Lyrics

Oh! Have you ever been down to Haiti
When the summer sun was sinkin' low
There's nothing but romance just everywhere you glance
And the native hearts are all aglow

But when the Cuban Queen comes upon the scene
They all stare like a statue out of stone
When they realize what's before their eyes
The other girls are left all alone

Down in the Caribbean it's not a dream you're seein'
When you get a glimpse of the lady with the charm
But from miles away you can see her sway
To the beat of the Cuban Conga line that forms

Up in a tree so high way up in the sky
Sits a wide eyed monkey on a limb
He wonders why the people go to so much trouble
Just to try to be like him

He doesn't understand that it's a lady's hand
That makes a heart feel so sublime
And before too long he starts singing the song
And then he gets in the Conga line

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
And I'm so sorry Chris to talk about you like this
But you were five hundred years too soon

Caribbean Singers

1. Mitchell Torok (billboard hit) August 1953 (First recording in April 1953 First release)


2. Eddie Kirk August 1953 3. Hank Snow - The Singing Ranger and His Rainbow Ranch Boys September 1955 4. Bill Lawrence with The Cousins August 1958 5. Roy Drusky June 1965 6. Jerry Reed December 1972 7. Buddy Alan May 1973 8. Louie & the Lovers 1973 9. Sonny James June 1978 10. Tex Williams 1978 11. Leon Russell & New Grass Revival 1981 12. Willie Nelson & Hank Snow 1985



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