Written by: Charles Tobias
Written by: Cliff Friend
With Tommy Dorsey and his
Orchestra
Originally made famous by: Bing Crosby
Label: Victor Records
Recorded: June 27, 1940
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Down where the trade winds play,
down where you lose the day,
We found a new world where
paradise starts,
We traded high 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.