Oh sip de rum
Make my heart go numb
Waters dance
But my Jenny won't come
My Jenny was a brown eyed girl
To me she wore a sugar cane crown
She went off to the sweethearts' dance
And left me feeling down
Oh sip de rum
Make my heart go numb
Breeze may blow
But my Jenny won't come
Left a message for my Jenny
Told her about a hurricane
She never got my meaning
Thought my heart was insane
Oh sip de rum
Make my heart go numb
Palms may sway
But my Jenny won't come
So Jenny rocked at the dance
The hurricane rocked the island
In my mind she won't dance again
But my heart keeps on denyin'
Oh sip de rum
Make my heart go numb
Waters sleep
But my Jenny won't come