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Jamaica Farewell

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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
                       F
   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
                      C
   won't be back for many a day
                                F
   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.

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