Minnie from Trinidad - Helen O'Connell/Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra/Bob Eberly Down on an island in the Southern Seas There lives a lassie named Minnie Breeze And all the natives agree that she's The hottest thing in Trinidad
When Minnie dances I guarantee With every move of her vertebrae The temperature jump up ten degree In Trinidad that isn't bad
Aye aye aye they call her Minnie from Trinidad Aye aye aye they all love Minnie from Trinidad Aye aye aye and all the natives would be so sad If Minnie ever left Trinidad
Although the natives love Minnie so Minnie had herself a steady beau A fellow known as Calypso Joe And Minnie swore they'd never part But fate stepped in only as fate could Min won a contest for dancing good So she went away to Hollywood When Joe heard that it broke his heart
In Hollywood Minnie traveled far They changed her name to Minnie La Mar And pretty soon she became a star The siren of the picture show But one day Minnie got awful mad A guy got fresh and she said You cad My heart belongs to my Trinidad My Trinidad Calypso Joe Aye aye aye they call her Minnie from Trinidad Aye aye aye in Hollywood Minnie met a cad Aye aye aye but there is only one native lad Gets chinny with Minnie from Trinidad
So Minnie gave up her dough and fame And she went back to from where she came And when she got there she heard with shame That her Calypso Jo was dead
When she heard that she almost died She got a gun to try suicide But as she started to shoot she cried I think I'd rather live instead
But now the natives are mighty glad 'Cause Minnie came back to Trinidad