Me walking' me bring jug of rum Me sit down on the sea shore dee boat she come It long dee night, it's dee dock The boat a little she do a 12 o'clock Me watch the come easy in It low the moon, but dee wind
Jamaica moon, Jamaica
Me was so alone, me help 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 morning go across dee sea We dock in New York, the be so high She promised me dee honeymoon be so dee sky
Jamaica moon, 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 and roll beautiful, she dance and sing She hold me me she pushed me lip Me eyes they close, and me heart she go
moon, Jamaica moon
Me lay down a woosey, me been drinking dee rum Jamaica moon please me that dee boat will come She no can be me bride with dee she play Me to let her go but me body say stay Me lay down on dee was so good dee rum Me fall asleep at noon here when de boat she
Jamaica moon, Jamaica
At she come, till dawn she roam They tell me that she and wait and cry and go back home Dee boat whistle blew, me me eyes So bright dee sun, blue Jamaica sky Down the pier me run dee I still can see Sailing fast with me bride to be
Jamaica moon, moon
Now be broken heart is sailing on that she on Me see the water trailing but the 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 love when she Me walking back home, me still all