Down where the trade winds play Down where you lose a day We found a new world where paradise starts We traded hearts way down where the trade winds play Music was ev’ry where, 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. Blow, trade winds; blow away.