Jamaica Farewell
1. Down the way where the lights a gay
and the sun shines daily on the mountain top.
I took a trip an a sailing ship
and when we reached Jamaica, I made a stop.
But I`m sad to say, I`m on my way,
won`t be back for many a day,
my heart is down, my head is turning around,
I had to leave a little girl in Kingston Town.
2. Down a the market you can hear
ladies cry out what on the heads their bear.
Haki, rice, salt and fish are nice
and the rum tastes fine any time of year. + CHORUS
3. Sounds of laughter everywhere,
and the dancing girls sway to and fro.
I must declare my heart is there,
though I have been from Maine to Mexico. + CHORUS
4. = 1 . + CHORUS
(Harry Belafonte)