The Siren's Song 1917 'Leave It To Jane'

by James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 03 Mar 2005

[Jane:] On an Island far away,
so the old world legends say
sat wicked Sirens all day long,
singing their sweet deceitful song.
Mariners came sailing near,
heard that song so soft and clear,
answered the call that lured them all,
and upon the reef came straight to grief.

Come to us we've waited so long for you,
ev'ry day we'll make a new song for you,
Come, come, to us we love you so.
Leave behind the world and it's fretting
and we will give you rest and forgetting;
so sang the Sirens ages and ages ago.

Come to us we've waited so long for you,
we'll make life one beautiful song for you,
Come, come, to us we love you so.
That's the song the Sirens will sing you,
and if you hark,
to shipwreck they'll bring you,
just as they used to ages and ages ago.

[Bessie:] Now long years have passed away,
Sirens are a myth they say,
but you still find them none the less,
singing today in modern dress.
Just the same they set their snare,
sweetly smiling false and fair,
turn a deaf ear when you are near,
or upon the reef you'll come to grief.

Come to us we've waited so long for you,
ev'ry day we'll make a new song for you,
Come, come, to us we love you so.
Leave behind the world and it's fretting
and we will give you rest and forgetting;
so sang the Sirens ages and ages ago.

Come to us we've waited so long for you,
we'll make life one beautiful song for you,
Come, come, to us we love you so.
That's the song the Sirens will sing you,
and if you hark,
to shipwreck they'll bring you,
just as they used to ages and ages ago.

Soft karaoke
Words
piano 1
piano 2
piano 3
piano 4
lyric
pizz str bass
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The Siren's Song 1917 Kern
Music by Jerome Kern
Lyrics by P.G. Wodehouse
from "Leave It To Jane"
© MCMXVII by T.B.Harms Inc.
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sequence and karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Thursday 03 March 2005 at 20.37
in association with Doug Grierson
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