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 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 Dododo 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 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 Dododo 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 Dododo And that I never will forget these days I know Dododo And that I never will forget these days I know