Me alone me bring jug of rum Me sit on the sea shore till dee boat she come It long dee night, 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
moon, Jamaica moon
Me was so alone, me help but open dee rum So long maybe dee wait dee boat she come Me girl she love me she come for me We set in dee morning go back 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 began 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 me closer me she pushed me lip Me they close, and me heart she go flip
Jamaica moon, moon
Me lay down a little woosey, me drinking dee rum Jamaica moon please tell me that dee boat come She no can be me with dee game she play Me hoped to let her go but me body say Me lay down on dee dock was so dee rum Me fall asleep at noon here de boat she come
Jamaica moon, Jamaica
At twelve she come, till she roam They tell me that she look and wait and cry and go back Dee boat blew, me open me eyes So bright were dee sun, Jamaica sky Down the pier me run dee I still can see Sailing fast away with me to be
Jamaica moon, moon
Now be heart is sailing on that boat she on Me see the water trailing but the boat she Me missed me to be now me head low hung Me too long no more me touch dee rum It so dry me throat me no more can Me miss me to be no have no ting ting
Jamaica moon, me love she gone Me back home, me still all alone