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Jamaica was the lovely one, |
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I played her well |
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As we lay in the tall grass where the shadows fell |
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Hiding from the children, so they would not tell |
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We would stay there 'til her sister rang the evening bell |
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Jamaica, say you will |
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Help me find a way to fill these empty hours |
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Say you will come again tomorrow |
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The daughter of a captain on the rolling seas |
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She would stare across the water from the trees |
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Last time, he was home he held her on his knees |
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And said the next time, they would sail away just where they pleased |
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Jamaica, say you will |
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Help me find a way to fill these lifeless sails |
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And stay until my ships can find the sea |
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Jamaica was a sweet young one, |
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I loved her true |
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She was a comfort and a mercy through and through |
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Hiding from this world together, next thing |
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I knewWe had brought her things down to the bay, what could |
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I doJamaica, say you will |
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Help me find a way to fill these sails |
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And we will sail until our waters have run dry |
