Harry Belafonte Kingston Town Lyrics

Kingston Town Lyrics

Down the way, where the nights are gay,
and the sun shines daily on the
mountain top,
I took a trip on a sailing ship,
and when I reach Jamaica I
made a stop.

But I'm sad to say,
I'm on my way,
won't be back for
many a day.
My heart is down,
my head is turning around,
I had to
leave a little girl in Kingston Town.

Sounds of laughter
everywhere,
and the dancing girls swing to and through.
I must declare my
heart is there,
thou I've been from Maine to Mexico.

But I'm sad to
say,
I'm on my way,
won't be back for many a day.
My heart is
down,
my head is turning around,
I had to leave a little girl in Kingston
Town.

At the market you can hear,
ladies cry out while on their heads
they bear,
acky rice, salt, fish are nice 
and the rum is fine any time a
year.

But I'm sad to say,
I'm on my way,
won't be back for many a
day.
My heart is down,
my head is turning around,
I had to leave a
little girl in Kingston Town.

Down the way, where the nights are
gay,
and the sun shines daily on the mountain top,
I took a trip on a
sailing ship,
and when I reach Jamaica I made a stop.

But I'm sad to
say,
I'm on my way,
won't be back for many a day.
My heart is
down,
my head is turning around,
I had to leave a little girl in Kingston
Town.

Sad to say,
I'm on my way,
won't be back for many a
day.
My heart is down,
my head is turning around,
I had to leave a
little girl in Kingston Town.