https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HvITxvoXZaE
Tangled roots.
Haïtian ex-pat André Toussaint covering New Yorker Alice D. Simms for a 1958 Bahamian lounge act.
1958/61 - Bacchanal At Chez Paul Meeres; repressed as same-same ...The Confidential Club, Carib LP2004, reissued on CD as Naxos World 76029-2

Island woman, island woman
You making me forget who I am
Island woman making forget who I am.

1
De fishing good near your island
That's why I come back for more
I saw you swim near my boat
And I followed you back to shore.

refrain
Island woman making forget who I am
Island woman making forget who I am.

2
You dance for me in the moonlight
Drink de rum and have fun
When I wake in d'daylight
You take me money and run.

3
Me pocket is full of empty
I'm back with my family
Someday when I get money
I comin' back, you will see