Jamaica Farewell Uke tab by Harry Belafonte

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C                                     F

Down the way where the lights a gay

                   C               G                   C

and the sun shines daily on the mountain top.

                                 F

I took a trip an a sailing ship

                         C                G           C

and when we reached Jamaica, I made a stop.

              C                      G

But I`m sad to say, I`m  on my way,

  G                          C

won`t be back for many a day,

        C                                      F

my heart is down, my head is turning around,

              C                  G      C

I had to leave a little girl in Kingston Town.

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"Jamaica Farewell" is a famous calypso about the beauties of the West Indian Islands. The lyrics for the song were written by Lord Burgess (Irving Burgie). Lord Burgess was born in Brooklyn, New York in 1926. His mother was from Barbados and his father was from Virginia. The song first appeared on Harry Belafonte's phenomenally successful album "Calypso". Though many, including Belafonte himself, have said that the song was popular in the West Indies since long before Burgess, it is believed that Burgess compiled and modified the song from many folk pieces to make a new song...

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