Fate sent her to me, over the sea from Spain
And she is one in a million for me
I found my romance when she went dancing by
And she must be a Castillian, si si!
Is she from Havana or Madrid?
But something about her
Is making me doubt her
I think I remember the kid!

Yeah!
She's a Latin from Manhattan
I can tell by her manana
She's a Latin from Manhattan
But not Havana!
Though she does a rumba for us
And she calls herself Dolores
She was in a Broadway chorus
Known as Susie Donahue

She can take her tambourine and whack it
But the hurry's jus a racket
She's a hoofer from Fifth Avenue!
She's a Latin from Manhattan
She's a Forty Second Streeter
She's a Latin from Manhattan
Senorita Donahue
She's a Latin from Manhattan
Senorita Donahue
Yeah!
She's a Latin from Manhattan
I can tell by her manana
She's a Latin from Manhattan
But not Havana!
Though she does a rumba for us
And she calls herself Dolores
She was in a Broadway chorus
Known as Susie Donahue

She can take her tambourine and whack it
But the hurry's jus a racket
She's a hoofer from Fifth Avenue!
She's a Latin from Manhattan
She's a Forty Second Streeter
She's a Latin from Manhattan
Senorita Donahue
She's a Latin from Manhattan
Senorita Donahue