1. ‘Round the Bay of Mexico,
Way, of Susianna;
Mexico is the place that I belong in,
’Round the Bay of Mexico.

2. When I was a young man in my prime,
Way, of Susianna;
I’d court those Nassau girls two at a time,
’Round the Bay of Mexico.

3. Nassau girls they love me so…
‘Cause I don’t say everything that I know…

4. Nassau gals don’t use no combs…
They comb their hair with
whipper-snapper bones…

5. Nassau boys don’t use no sleds…
They slide down the hills on
Whipper-snapper heads…

6. Goodbye, girls, of Nassau town…
I’m bound away for the fishing ground…