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 me ting ting ting she rock 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 woozy 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 head tell me to 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 me broken heart is sailing on that boat she on me see dee water trailing but dey boat she gone me missed me bride to be now me head low hung me sleep too long no more me touch dee rum is 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