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