It happened to me
On a trip to the West Indies
Oh I'm all at sea
Since that trip to the West Indies
I'm jittery
I'm twittery
I guess I'm done for
I guess I'm through
And it's something about which
there's nothing anyone can do
It isn't love
It isn't money trouble
It's a very funny trouble
It's just another rhumba
But it certainly has my numb bah
So much so that I can't eat or slum bah
Can you imagine anything dumb bah
Why did I have to plan a
Vacation in Havana
Why did I take that trip
That made me lose my grip
Oh That piece of music laid me low
There it goes again
Just another rhumba
Which I heard only last Septum bah
I'm a wreck why did I have to succumb bah
Can you imagine anything dumb bah
Why did I have to succumb bah
To that rhumba
Ahah I'm the cucaracha who just went blah
And gave up swinging ha cha ahah
Ahah at first it was devine ah
But it turned out a Cuban Frankenstein ah
Ahah it's got me by the throat ah
Oh what's the antidote ah
Ahah it brought me woe and strife ah
Oh where's a gun or knife ah
It's the rhumba that blighted my life
There it goes again
Just another rhumba
But it certainly has my numb bah
So much so that I can't eat or slum bah
Can you imagine anything dumb bah
Why did I have to succumb bah
To that rhumba
There it goes again
Just another rhumba
But it certainly has my numb bah
So much so that I can't eat or slum bah
Can you imagine anything dumb bah
Why did I have to succumb bah
To that rhumba