GO 'WAY, JESTINA
Trinidad

Go 'way, Jestina, who go marry to you?
Go 'way. Jestina, who go marry to you?
Go 'way, Jestina, who go marry to you?
Look yo' face like a whale, like yo' jus' come from jail.

Where you been so long, me Jestina, where you been so long?-
Where you been so long, me Jestina, where you been so long?-
Where you been so long, Jestina, where you been so long?-
Ev'rybody lookin' fo' you, you run away from de town.-

Go 'way, Jestina, who go marry to you?-
Go 'way, Jestina, who go marry to you?-
Go 'way, Jestina, who go marry to you?-
Look yo' face like a whale, like yo' jus' come from jail.

Jestina, Jestina, Jestina, where you been so long?-
Jestina, Jestina, Jestina, where you been so long?-
Jestina, Jestina, Jestina, where you been so long?-
Ev'rybody lookin' fo' you, you run away from de town.

Go 'way, Jestina, etc.

With musical score, notated for voice, guitar, drums and base, pp. 26-27.
Edric Connor, 1958, Songs from Trinidad, Oxford University Press.

Belize also? See album "Shine Eye Gal: Brukdon from Belize" 1994. Also has Sly Mongoose. Recorded between 1978-1985.