Me alone me bring jug of rum Me sit down on the sea shore till dee she come It long dee night, quiet dee dock The boat a little late she do a 12 Me watch the tide easy in It low the moon, but high dee
Jamaica moon, moon
Me was so alone, me help but open dee rum So maybe dee wait until dee boat she come Me girl she me she come back for me We set sail in dee morning go back 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 began to me that dee boat no come To bring me me love, me ting, ting, ting She and roll beautiful, she dance and sing She hold me me she pushed 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 boat will She no can be me bride dee game she play Me to let her go but me body say stay Me lay on dee dock was so good dee rum Me fall at noon here when de boat she come
Jamaica moon, Jamaica
At she come, till dawn she roam They tell me that she look and wait and cry and go home Dee boat whistle blew, me open me So bright were dee sun, blue sky Down the me run dee boat I still can see Sailing fast with me bride to be
Jamaica moon, moon
Now be broken heart is sailing on boat she on Me see the trailing but the boat she gone Me missed me bride to be now me low hung Me sleep too long no me touch dee rum It so dry me throat me no more can Me miss me bride to be no no ting ting
Jamaica moon, me when she gone Me walking back home, me all alone