ISLAND WOMAN
(Alice Simms)

The Merrymen - 1970

Also recorded by:
Andre Toussaint; Original Trinidad Steel Band.


Oh, the fishin's good near your island
That's why I've come back for more
I saw you swim near my boat
And I followed you back to the shore

Island woman, island woman
Making me forget who I am 
Island woman, island woman
Making me forget who I am 

I forgot to sail back to market
To sell me fish and get bait
I forgot me wife and me children
Forgot they soon will be dead (sic)

Island woman, island woman
Making me forget who I am 
Island woman, island woman
Making me forget who I am 

Well, you danced for me in the moonlight
We drunk a rum and had fun
Ah, but when I woke in the daylight
Oh, you'd taken me money and run

Island woman, island woman
Making me forget who I am 
Island woman, island woman
Making me forget who I am 

Now me bucket is full of empty 
I'm back with my family
Ah, but someday when I get money
I'll be going back, you will see

To my little island woman, island woman
Making me forget who I am 
Island woman, island woman
Making me forget who I am 

Island woman, island woman
Island woman


(Transcribed by Mel Priddle - January 2006)