Tamari

If only I could sing

Then it would be your name

But all my lips can bring

Is something like a dirge

For they cannot but ring

As an echo to my heart

I had this special girl

Her dear name was Tamari

She had a thing for me

Her desire was to marry

But none of it I'd have

My affections were for Mary

I pushed her to the wall

But she just kept returning

As a bonny baby girl

To the mother who just scolded

Never left me at all

Even when I crushed her heart

You see this girl Tamari

Didn't make my heart to flip

Didn't look like a fairy

Neither was her figure slender

Wasn't moved by my gari

Like these honeys I be chasing

But then again Tamari

Was so harmless like a child

She had my back always

Never changing like the tide

Whenever she graced my home

Left a scene worthy of pride

So now I seek Tamari

But alas she's more than gone

The girl I didn't marry

Lady I should have cherished

My name she cannot carry

She's another's happy wife.