Me alone me bring jug of rum Me sit on the sea shore till dee boat she come It long dee night, it's quiet dee The boat a little she do a 12 o'clock Me watch the tide come 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 wait until dee boat she Me she love me she come back for me We set sail in dee go back across dee sea We dock in New York, the be so high She me dee honeymoon be so near dee sky
Jamaica moon, Jamaica
Me alone, me sip on dee rum Me head began to tell me that dee no come To me me love, bringing me ting, ting, ting She rocked and roll beautiful, she dance and She me closer me she pushed me lip Me they close, and me heart she go flip
Jamaica moon, Jamaica
Me lay a little woosey, me been drinking dee rum Jamaica moon please me that dee boat will come She no can be me with dee game she play Me hoped to let her go but me body say Me lay on dee dock was so good dee rum Me asleep at noon here when de boat she come
Jamaica moon, Jamaica
At she come, till dawn she roam They me that she look and wait and cry and go back home Dee boat blew, me open me eyes So bright dee sun, blue Jamaica sky the pier me run dee boat I still can see Sailing fast away with me to be
Jamaica moon, Jamaica
Now be broken is sailing on that boat she on Me see the water but the boat she gone Me missed me bride to be now me low hung Me sleep too no more 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 she gone Me back home, me still all alone