Lyr. Add: COME TO SEE JANIE
Game song

I come to see Janie (3 times)
An' where is she now?
2
She's washing her clothes (3 times)
You can't see her now.
3
Goodbye (6 times)
I'll call back again.
4
I come to see Janie, etc.
5
She's hanging out her clothes (3 times)
You can't see her now.
6
Goodbye, etc.
7
I come to see Janie, etc.
8
She is ironing her clothes (3 times)
You can't see her now.
9
Goodbye, etc.
10
I come to see Janie, etc.
11
She's sick, (6 times)
You can't see her now.
12
Goodbye, etc.
13
I come to see Janie, etc.
14
She's gone to the doctor (3 times)
You can't see her now.
15
Goodbye, etc.
16
I come to see Janie, etc.
17
She's dead (6 times)
An' cannot be seen.
18
What shall we bury her in, what shall we bury her in?
What shall we bury her in? Bury her in green.
19
Green is for the lizards (3 times)
An' that will not do.
20
What shall we bury her in? (3 times)
Bury her in black.
21
Black is for the mourners, (3 times)
An' that will not do.
22
What shall we bury her in? (3 times)
Bury her in white.
23
White is for the duppies (3 times)
An' here is she now.

"Jane is hidden behind one player and six or eight other players stand some distance away. As they sing," I come to see Janie, and where is she now" they all approach walking abreast. The player behind whom Janie hides replies and they reverse to their former position, singing goodbye excepting at the last verse "White is for the duppies" when Janie comes out of hiding and chases them. The person who is caught is beaten and then becomes Janie."

p. 50, with musical score.
Olive Lewin, Coll., 1973, Forty Folk Songs of Jamaica, General Secretariat of the Organization of American States, Washington, D.C.