WELL
COME ALL YOU CHILDREN
GIVE A LISTEN TO ME
LET ME TELL YOU ABOUT
A NEW BOOGIE BEAT
THERE'S NO HESITATION
AND IT'S SWEEPIN'
THE NATION
IT'S THE RHUMBA BOOGIE
DONE THE
SOUTH AMERICAN WAY
WHILE MADAME LAZONGA
WAS TEACHIN' LA CONGA
IN HER LITTLE CABANA
IN OLD HAVANA
WE WERE DOIN'
THE CHARLESTON
AND BALLIN' THE JACK
AND THEN
THAT OLD BLACK BOTTOM
'TIL THEY STARTED
THAT JITTERBUG RAG
THEN ACROSS
THE WATER
CAME CUBAN PETE
HE STARTED A BOOGIE
TO THE RHUMBA BEAT
IT'S THE RHUMBA BOOGIE
LET'S GIVE IT A WHIRL
WHILE HE PLAYS
THE BOOGIE
IN THE SOUTH AMERICAN
STYLE
6 BAR
BREAK
WELL YOU STEP OUT
TOGETHER
THEN YOU
CIRCLE AROUND
COUNT ONE TO THREE
THEN PUT YOUR
RIGHT FOOT DOWN
THEN YOU CIRCLE
YOUR LADY
AS YOU SWING
AND YOU SWAY
TO THE RHUMBA BOOGIE
IN THE
SOUTH AMERICAN WAY
WHEN THAT OLD PIANO
IT STARTS TO RING
EVERYBODY THEN STARTS
TO SING
TO THE RHUMBA BOOGIE
DONE THE TROPICAL
STYLE
IT'S THE RHUMBA BOOGIE
AND THEY'RE DOIN' IT
ALL OF THE WHILE
WELL THE GUY
RESPONSIBLE
FOR LEADIN' THE BAND
HE YELLS DO YOUR STUFF
IT'S THE BEST IN THE LAND
IT'S THE RHUMBA BOOGIE
LET'S DANCE IT AWHILE
TO THE BOOGIE WOOGIE
DONE THE RHUMBA
CUBANA STYLE
6 BAR
BREAK
WHILE MADAME LAZONGA
WAS TEACHIN' LA CONGA
IN HER LITTLE CABANA
IN OLD HAVANA
THE FOLKS IN OLD MEXICO
WERE DOING THE TANGO
AND WE WERE STEPPIN'
TO THE RHYTHM
OF AN OLD GUITAR
WELL ACROSS
THE WATER
CAME CUBAN PETE
HE STARTED A BOOGIE
TO THE RHUMBA BEAT
IT'S THE RHUMBA BOOGIE
LET'S DANCE IT AWHILE
DO THE RHUMBA BOOGIE
DONE THE RHUMBA
CUBANA STYLE