| All Harlem’s got a brand new rhythm | 
| And it’s burning up the dance floors | 
| Because it’s so hot | 
| They took a little rhumba rhythm | 
| And they added boogie woogie | 
| And now look what they’ve got | 
| Rhumboogie, rhumboogie woogie | 
| It’s Harlem’s new creation | 
| With a Cuban syncopation | 
| It’s a killer | 
| Rhumboogie, rhumboogie woogie | 
| The native rhythm haunts you | 
| It’s barbaric and it taunts you | 
| It’s a killer | 
| Just plant your both feet on each side | 
| Let both your hips and shoulders glide | 
| Then throw your body back and ride | 
| There’s nothing like rhumboogie, rhumboogie woogie | 
| In Harlem or Havana | 
| You can kiss the old Savanna | 
| It’s a killer | 
| Rhumboogie, rhumboogie woogie | 
| It’s Harlem’s new creation | 
| With a Cuban syncopation | 
| It’s a killer | 
| Rhumboogie, rhumboogie woogie | 
| The native rhythm haunts you | 
| It’s barbaric and it taunts you | 
| It’s a killer | 
| Just plant your toes and both feet on the side | 
| Let both your hips and shoulders glide | 
| Then throw your body way back and ride | 
| Think a little of, the rhumba | 
| The boogie, the woogie | 
| Then put them, both all together | 
| You have rhumboogie | 
| Then all together sing rhumboogie | 
| Rhumboogie woogie, rhumboogie | 
| In Harlem or Havana | 
| It’ll kiss the old Savanna | 
| It’s a killer, it’s a killer this rhumboogie | 
| Rhumboogie, rhumboogie | 
| Rhumboogie woogie woogie woogie woogie | 
| Do do do do diddleyada do diddleyada do do dee | 
| There’s nothing like rhumboogie |