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