Me walking' alone me jug of rum Me sit down on the sea till dee boat she come It dee night, it's quiet dee dock The a little late she do a 12 o'clock Me watch the tide easy in It low the moon, but dee wind
Jamaica moon, Jamaica
Me was so alone, me couldn't but open dee rum So long maybe dee until dee boat she come Me girl she love me she come for me We set sail in dee morning go across dee sea We in New York, the building be so high She promised me dee be so near dee sky
moon, Jamaica moon
Me alone, me sip on dee rum Me head to tell me that dee boat no come To me me love, bringing me ting, ting, ting She rocked and beautiful, she dance and sing She hold me me she pushed me lip Me eyes they close, and me she go flip
moon, Jamaica moon
Me lay down a woosey, me been drinking dee rum moon please tell me that dee boat will come She no can be me bride with dee she play Me hoped to let her go but me say stay Me lay down on dee dock was so dee rum Me fall asleep at noon here when de boat she
moon, Jamaica moon
At twelve she come, till she roam They tell me she look and wait and cry and go back home Dee boat whistle blew, me open me So bright were dee sun, Jamaica sky Down the pier me run dee I still can see Sailing away with me bride to be
moon, Jamaica moon
Now be broken heart is sailing on boat she on Me see the water trailing but the boat she Me missed me to be now me head low hung Me sleep too long no me touch dee rum It so dry me me no more can sing Me miss me to be no have no ting ting
Jamaica moon, me love when she Me walking back home, me still all