Lyrics and translation Lena Horne - Yankee Dollar (Remastered)
If
you
ever
go
down
Trinidad
Si
tu
vas
un
jour
à
Trinidad
They
make
you
feel
so
very
glad
Ils
te
font
te
sentir
si
heureuse
Calypso
sing
and
make
up
rhyme
Calypso
chante
et
invente
des
rimes
Guarantee
you
one
real
good
fine
time
Te
garantit
un
très
bon
moment
Drinkin′
rum
and
Coca-Cola
Boire
du
rhum
et
du
Coca-Cola
Go
down
Point
Koomahnah
Va
à
Point
Koomahnah
Both
mother
and
daughter
Mère
et
fille
Workin'
for
the
Yankee
dollar
Travaillant
pour
le
dollar
Yankee
Oh,
beat
it
man,
beat
it
Oh,
dégage,
dégage
Since
the
Yankee
come
to
Trinidad
Depuis
que
les
Yankees
sont
arrivés
à
Trinidad
They
got
the
young
girls
all
goin′
mad
Ils
ont
rendu
les
jeunes
filles
folles
Young
girls
say
they
treat
'em
nice
Les
jeunes
filles
disent
qu'ils
les
traitent
bien
Make
Trinidad
like
paradise
Font
de
Trinidad
un
paradis
Drinkin'
rum
and
Coca-Cola
Boire
du
rhum
et
du
Coca-Cola
Go
down
Point
Koomahnah
Va
à
Point
Koomahnah
Both
mother
and
daughter
Mère
et
fille
Workin′
for
the
Yankee
dollar
Travaillant
pour
le
dollar
Yankee
Oh,
you
vex
me,
you
vex
me
Oh,
tu
me
fais
enrager,
tu
me
fais
enrager
From
Chicachicaree
to
Mona′s
Isle
De
Chicachicaree
à
l'île
de
Mona
Native
girls
all
dance
and
smile
Les
filles
indigènes
dansent
et
sourient
Help
soldier
celebrate
his
leave
Aident
les
soldats
à
célébrer
leur
congé
Make
every
day
like
New
Year's
Eve
Font
de
chaque
jour
un
jour
de
Nouvel
An
Drinkin′
rum
and
Coca-Cola
Boire
du
rhum
et
du
Coca-Cola
Go
down
Point
Koomahnah
Va
à
Point
Koomahnah
Both
mother
and
daughter
Mère
et
fille
Workin'
for
the
Yankee
dollar
Travaillant
pour
le
dollar
Yankee
It′s
a
fact,
man,
it's
a
fact
C'est
un
fait,
c'est
un
fait
In
old
Trinidad,
I
also
fear
Dans
le
vieux
Trinidad,
j'ai
aussi
peur
The
situation
is
mighty
queer
La
situation
est
bien
bizarre
Like
the
Yankee
girl,
the
native
swoon
Comme
la
fille
Yankee,
l'indigène
s'évanouit
When
she
hear
der
Bingo
croon
Quand
elle
entend
le
Bingo
chanter
Drinkin′
rum
and
Coca-Cola
Boire
du
rhum
et
du
Coca-Cola
Go
down
Point
Koomahnah
Va
à
Point
Koomahnah
Both
mother
and
daughter
Mère
et
fille
Workin'
for
the
Yankee
dollar
Travaillant
pour
le
dollar
Yankee
Out
on
Manzanella
Beach
Sur
la
plage
de
Manzanella
G.I.
romance
with
native
peach
Romance
GI
avec
une
pêche
indigène
All
night
long,
make
tropic
love
Toute
la
nuit,
faire
l'amour
tropical
Next
day,
sit
in
hot
sun
and
cool
off
Le
lendemain,
s'asseoir
au
soleil
chaud
et
se
rafraîchir
Drinkin'
rum
and
Coca-Cola
Boire
du
rhum
et
du
Coca-Cola
Go
down
Point
Koomahnah
Va
à
Point
Koomahnah
Both
mother
and
daughter
Mère
et
fille
Workin′
for
the
Yankee
dollar
Travaillant
pour
le
dollar
Yankee
It′s
a
fact,
man,
it's
a
fact
C'est
un
fait,
c'est
un
fait
Rum
and
Coca-Cola
Rhum
et
Coca-Cola
Rum
and
Coca-Cola
Rhum
et
Coca-Cola
Workin′
for
the
Yankee
dollar
Travaillant
pour
le
dollar
Yankee
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6 Let's Put Out the Lights and Go to Sleep (Remastered)
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8 Cocoanut Sweet (Remastered)
9 Wouldn't It Be Loverly (Remastered)
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17 For Every Fish (Remastered)
18 Yankee Dollar (Remastered)
19 Baby, Won't You Please Come Home (Remastered)
20 Ridin' On the Moon (Remastered)
21 Out of This World (Remastered)
22 Bess, Oh Where's My Bess (Remastered)
23 There's a Boat That's Leavin' Soon for New York (Remastered)
24 Monkee in the Mango Tree (Remastered)
25 I Wonder What Became of Me (Remastered)
26 Savannah (Finale Jaimaica) [Remastered]
27 Savannah's Wedding (Remastered)
28 Napoleon (Remastered)
29 Ain't It the Truth (Remastered)
30 You're the One (Remastered)
31 Frankie and Johnny (Remastered)
32 Call Me Darling (Remastered)
33 It's Love (From "Wonderful Town") [Remastered]
34 Let Me Love You (Remastered)
35 Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend (Remastered)
36 Love Is the Thing (Remastered)
37 My Man's Gone Now (Remastered)
38 Just of Those Things (Remastered)
39 It Could Happen to You (Remastered)
40 Love (Remastered)
41 You Do Something to Me (Remastered)
42 People Will Say We're in Love (Remastered)
43 Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered (Remastered)
44 You Don't Have to Know the Language (Remastered)
45 Just in Time (Remastered)
46 My Heart Is a Hobo (Remastered)
47 At Long Last Love (Remastered)
48 I Don't Think I'll End It All Today (Remastered)
49 It Aint Nescessarily So (Remastered)
50 It's Alright With Me (From "Can Can") [Remastered]
51 I'll Be Around (Remastered)
52 Speak Low (Remastered)
53 Push the Button (Remastered)
54 I'd Do Anything (Remastered)
55 Stormy Weather (Remastered)
56 Pretty to Walk With (Remastered)
57 I Have Dreamed (Remastered)
58 But Beautiful (Remastered)
59 Fun to Be Fooled (Remastered)
60 I Wants to Stay Here (Remastered)
61 Incompatibilty (Remastered)
62 Get Rid of Monday (Remastered)
63 Ring the Bell (Remastered)
64 It's Anybody's Spring - Remastered
65 Summertime (Remastered)
66 Then I'll Be Tired of You (Remastered)
67 Mad About the Boy (Remastered)
68 Like Someone in Love (Remastered)
69 Honey in the Honeycomb (Remastered)
70 Leave the Atom Alone (Remastered)
71 A Friend of Yours (Remastered)
72 You Better Know It (Remastered)
73 Just My Luck (Remastered)
74 Polka Dots and Moonbeams (Remastered)
75 Little Biscuit (Remastered)
2 Baubles, Bangles and Beads (Remastered)
3 The Surrey With the Fringe On Top (Remastered)
4 Oh I've Got Plenty of Nothin' (Remastered)
5 Bess, You Is My Woman (Remastered)
6 Let's Put Out the Lights and Go to Sleep (Remastered)
7 Tomorrow Mountain (Remastered)
8 Cocoanut Sweet (Remastered)
9 Wouldn't It Be Loverly (Remastered)
10 Pity the Sunset (Remastered)
11 Any Place I Hang My Hat Is Home (Remastered)
12 What Good Does It Do (Remastered)
13 A Cock-Eyed Optimist (Remastered)
14 Take It Slow, Joe (Remastered)
15 Savannah (Remastered)
16 Strawberry Woman, The Honey Man, Crab Man (Remastered)
17 For Every Fish (Remastered)
18 Yankee Dollar (Remastered)
19 Baby, Won't You Please Come Home (Remastered)
20 Ridin' On the Moon (Remastered)
21 Out of This World (Remastered)
22 Bess, Oh Where's My Bess (Remastered)
23 There's a Boat That's Leavin' Soon for New York (Remastered)
24 Monkee in the Mango Tree (Remastered)
25 I Wonder What Became of Me (Remastered)
26 Savannah (Finale Jaimaica) [Remastered]
27 Savannah's Wedding (Remastered)
28 Napoleon (Remastered)
29 Ain't It the Truth (Remastered)
30 You're the One (Remastered)
31 Frankie and Johnny (Remastered)
32 Call Me Darling (Remastered)
33 It's Love (From "Wonderful Town") [Remastered]
34 Let Me Love You (Remastered)
35 Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend (Remastered)
36 Love Is the Thing (Remastered)
37 My Man's Gone Now (Remastered)
38 Just of Those Things (Remastered)
39 It Could Happen to You (Remastered)
40 Love (Remastered)
41 You Do Something to Me (Remastered)
42 People Will Say We're in Love (Remastered)
43 Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered (Remastered)
44 You Don't Have to Know the Language (Remastered)
45 Just in Time (Remastered)
46 My Heart Is a Hobo (Remastered)
47 At Long Last Love (Remastered)
48 I Don't Think I'll End It All Today (Remastered)
49 It Aint Nescessarily So (Remastered)
50 It's Alright With Me (From "Can Can") [Remastered]
51 I'll Be Around (Remastered)
52 Speak Low (Remastered)
53 Push the Button (Remastered)
54 I'd Do Anything (Remastered)
55 Stormy Weather (Remastered)
56 Pretty to Walk With (Remastered)
57 I Have Dreamed (Remastered)
58 But Beautiful (Remastered)
59 Fun to Be Fooled (Remastered)
60 I Wants to Stay Here (Remastered)
61 Incompatibilty (Remastered)
62 Get Rid of Monday (Remastered)
63 Ring the Bell (Remastered)
64 It's Anybody's Spring - Remastered
65 Summertime (Remastered)
66 Then I'll Be Tired of You (Remastered)
67 Mad About the Boy (Remastered)
68 Like Someone in Love (Remastered)
69 Honey in the Honeycomb (Remastered)
70 Leave the Atom Alone (Remastered)
71 A Friend of Yours (Remastered)
72 You Better Know It (Remastered)
73 Just My Luck (Remastered)
74 Polka Dots and Moonbeams (Remastered)
75 Little Biscuit (Remastered)
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