Down where the trade winds play
Down where you lose a day
We found a new world where paradise starts
We traded hearts way down where the trade winds play
Music was ev'ry where,
Flowers were in her hair;
Under an awning of silvery boughs
We traded vows the night that I sailed away.
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Oh, trade winds, what are vows that lovers make?
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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.
Blow, trade winds; blow away.