They were doin the mambo

They were doin' the mambovaughn monroewords and music by sonny burke and don rayei went a ridin home down to santa fe, there's been a lot of changes since i been awayi went to have a dance at the old dance hall, where they were having a ballchorus 1: they were doin the mambo, what the heck is the mambothey were doin the mambo, while i just stood aroundi looked around the place for my best gal floi asked a lot of people for my best friend joenobody seemed to know where my two friends wereexcept that he was with herchorus 2: they were doin the mambo, well they called it the mambothey were doin the mambo,while i just stood aroundi used to be a dance hall dandy but it seems since i been gonethere's an awful lot of changes, i don't know what's goin oni got a big surprise on the patio, i found my gal a hugginwith my best friend joeand when they turned around and they looked my waythey smiled and shouted "olay!"chorus 2i used to be a dance hall dandy i knew all there was to knowi knew this away from that away, but which way did they goi figured it was time that i took a ridebut couldn't find my horse where i left him tiedhe found a little filly that he liked a lot, and you believe it or notthey were doin the mambo, even horses do mambothey were doin the mambo, mambowhile i just stood around