The Calypso

The Calypso - Artie Shaw

I have come from the isle of Trinidad

On a mission of great importance

Not as a member of the diplomatic corps

Nor as an emmisary or ambassador

I have come to the grand United States

On a mission of great importance

Not as a representitve or attache

But I have come to show America the way

May I teach you the new Calypso

Dance from Trinidad West Indies

It will help to cement

International goodwill between

Folks from your continent

And from my own the Caribbean

To be expert at the Calypso

Dance with reckless abandonment

You must not have a care

Let your troubles go to your feet

When your troubles reach there

Kick them up with a mamba beat

It's a Calypso custom

To get romantic at the slightest provocation

So anytime you hear Calypso syncopation

If you should have the inclination

To indulge in osculation

Then you really caught the spirit of Calypso

Dance America friendly neighbor

Dance the rythm of West Indies

It's delightfully new

It will bring happiness supreme

We present it to you

As a token of our esteem

The Calypso from Trinidad