Jamaica Farewell

Harry Belafonte

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1.Down the way where the night's a-gay
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  and the sun shines daily on the mountain top
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  I took a trip on a sailing ship
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  and when we reached Jamaica I made a stop.
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R:But I'm sad to say I'm on my way
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  won't be back for many a day
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  my heart is down my head is turning around
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  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.
R: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.
R:4.=1.