Jamaika Mama Lyrics

On a visit down the Caribbean way
To be exact in Montego Bay,
I chanced to see a pretty baby.
A lovely pickney smile
And I lost my heart
By the Sea in Montego Bay.
A beauty was she my little baby.

[Refrain]
Jamaica-Mama, uuh,
You have a pretty daughter.
And when I leave her, uuh,
I cry livin' eye water.
I didn't want those days to end.
I'd never known such happiness.
I never told her that I soon will have to go, no, no.

Du-du-du, dü-dü-dü-dü-dü,
Dü-dü-dü-dü-dü, dü-dü-dü,
Dip-dü-dü-dü, dip-dü-dü-dü-dü.

I followed her up the mountain side,
I went with her for a donkey ride.
We ran and played, love was around me.
And then one evening I wanted to say:
My plane will soon leave Montego Bay,
But the glim in her eyes
Suddenly warned me.

[Refrain]

Du-du-du, dü-dü-dü-dü-dü,
Dü-dü-dü-dü-dü, dü-dü-dü,
Dip-dü-dü-dü, dip-dü-dü-dü-dü.

I went to her Mama,
But I couldn't find words
When I tried to tell her the truth.
She said: My son, God go with you.

Jamaica-Mama, uuh,
I have to leave your daughter.
Jamaica-Mama, uuh
And I cry livin' eye water.

I didn't want those days to end.
I'd never known such happiness.
And that I fell in love so deep
I couldn't know, no, no.

Du-du-du, dü-dü-dü-dü-dü,
Dü-dü-dü-dü-dü.
And that I never will forget these days I know.

Du-du-du, dü-dü-dü-dü-dü,
Dü-dü-dü-dü-dü.
And that I never will forget these days I know.