Bimini Bay
Composer(s): Gus Kahn; Raymond B. Egan; Richard A. Whiting
Performer(s): Benson Orch. of Chicago



Gad a bouts of now-a-days
All spend their winter holidays 
Way down old Bimini way 
Men of Wall street big and haughty 
Grow a trifle gay and naughty 
Way down on Bimini Bay 
When men talk honeymooning today 
They all rave about Bimini Bay 
they say

There is magic in the moon 
That makes December seem like June
Way down old Bimini way 
Count the stars if you are able 
In the skies or on a label 
Way down on Bimini Bay 
Palm trees waving so friendly at you 
And each tree that you see looks like two to you

Come and spoon with me 'Neath the julep tree 
Down old Bimini way
Hear the cocktails a calling 
Come to Bimini Bay 
Sweet orange blossoms await you down yonder 
Where they say 
Absint the will make ev'ry loving heart grow fonder 
There's a shady nook 
By a sunny brook 
Where the Green River flows 
There we'll spend our days 
And we'll try to raise 
Tom and Jerries who knows 
Each night we'll sample our private stock 
Wind up the cat and put out the clock
Oh by Jiminy won't you come with me 
Down to Biminy Bay

There's a rickey tree 
By the Hennesea 
Down old Bimini way 
All the folks are good mixers 
Down on Bimini Bay 
You'll love that tropical Island 
The moon shines bright ev'ry night on that lovely Rock and Rye land 
Oh by hickory 
It's so liquory 
Down on Bimini Bay 
And of late I've heard 
Ev'ry wise old bird 
Will be flying that way 
You'll find that's where the good lawyers are 
And how they practice at ev'ry bar
Oh by Jiminy how I'd love to be 
Down on Biminy Bay