Samoa
Composer(s): John S. Dunham



Down in Samoa
Down where they know-a
Dance they think is simply grand 
There's nothing to it 
But when they do it
You will throw up both your hands 
You'd never dream it
Unless you've seen it
It fills your beaming face with smiles
And when they show you
It will control you
This dance of the South Sea Isles

In Pago, Pago
They do the Tango
But its diff'rent from our own 
And when they're dancing
It's so entrancing 
You forget your Home Sweet Home 
Their costumes charming 
But so alarming
You'll wonder what will happen while 
They're in the garden
That loving garden
Way down in the South Sea Isles

But when they start a singing their plaintive songs
The kind you've not heard before 
You could sit and listen the whole night long 
Then You'll ask for more 
and if they do the dance that they do for kings
'Twill set your brain in a whirl 
When they do that dance, it puts you in a trance
For that's when you'll owe your life to Samoa
Down in the South Sea Isles