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