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