Down where the trade winds play
Down where you lose the day
We found a new world
Where paradise starts
We traded high way down
Where the trade winds play
Music was everywhere
Flowers were in her hair
Under an awning of silvery boughs

We traded vows the night that I sailed away
Oh trade winds, what are vows that lovers make
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