Train With The Rhumba Beat Song Lyrics and Chords by Johnny Horton
Train With The Rhumba Bea
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Written and recorded by Johnny Horton
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Way down in Jamaica in the tropical
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I met a gal we took the trip on a train with a rhumba
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Her eyes were bright and shiny her lips were red and
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Her hair was black as the coal they used on the train with the rhumba
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Carry m---e
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carry my wondering heart
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I feel her hot lips kiss me above this tropical
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You can tell my baby I'm a-coming on the train with a rhumb
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Soft arms are a-waiting me my life will be com
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You can tell my baby I'm a-coming on the train with a rhumb
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Carry m---e
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carry my wondering heart
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I've traveled this world over but none could eve
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The pretty little gal I met and loved on the train with the rhumba
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Her soft arms are a-waiting me my life will be com
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Carry m---e
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carry my wondering heart
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FAQ
Who sang the the song Train With The Rhumba Beat?
- The song Train With The Rhumba Beat was sang by Johnny Horton.
Who is Johnny Horton?
- John LaGale Horton (April 30, 1925 - November 5, 1960) was an American country music, honky tonk and rockabilly singer and musician, during the 1950s and early 1960s, best known for his saga songs that became international hits beginning with the 1959 single "The Battle of New Orleans", which was awarded the 1960 Grammy Award for Best Country & Western Recording. The song was awarded the Grammy Hall of Fame Award and in 2001 ranked No. 333 of the Recording Industry Association of America's "Songs of the Century". His first No. 1 country song was in 1959, "When It's Springtime in Alaska (It's Forty Below)".
Horton's music usually encompassed folk ballads based on American historic themes and legend. He had two successes in 1960 with both "Sink the Bismarck" and "North to Alaska," the latter utilized over the opening credits to the John Wayne film of the same name. Horton died in November 1960 at the peak of his fame in a traffic collision, less than two years after his breakthrough. Horton is a member of the Rockabilly Hall of Fame and the Louisiana Music Hall of Fame.
