They All Love Jack 1887

by James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 7Mar2025
2025

When the ship is trim and ready,
and the jolly days are done.
when the last goodbyes are whispered
and Jack aboard is gone,
the lasses fall aweeping,
as they watch the vessel's track
for all the landsmen lovers
are nothing after Jack..
for all the landsmen lovers
are nothing after Jack
for his heart is like the sea,
ever open, brave and free,
and the girls must lonely be,
till his ship comes back;
but if love's the best of all
that can a man befall.
Why, Jack's the King of all.
For they all love Jack!

Where he goes their hearts go with him,
e'en his ship he calls her "she"
up aloft that "Little cherub"
sure a maiden she must be.
And so o'er the sea he travels,
the mermaids down below
would give their crystal kingdoms
for the love of Jack, I trow.
Would give their crystal kingdoms
for the love of Jack, I trow.
For the heart is like the sea,
ever open, brave and free,
and the girls must lonely be,
till his ship comes back;
but if love's the best of all
that can a man befall,
why Jack's the King of all
for they all love Jack!

When he's sailed the world all over,
and again he steps ashore,
there are scores of lasses wailing
to love him all the more,
he may lose his golden guineas,
but a wife he'll never lack,
if he'd wed them all, they'd take him,
for they all love Jack!
If he'd wed them all, they'd take him,
for they ell. they all love Jack!
For his heart is likje the sea,
ever open, brave and free.,
and the girls must lonely be,
till his ship comes back,
but if love's the best of all,
that can a man befall
why Jack's the King of all,
for they all love Jack!

Soft karaoke
Words
piano 1
piano 2
piano 3
piano 4
lyric
pizz str bass
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They All Love Jack 1887
Lyrics by F.E.Weatherly
Music by Stephen Adams
© 1887 by The Anglo-Canadian Music Publishers Association Ltd.
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sequence & karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Thursday 7 March 2025 at 12.15
in association with Torquil Syme
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James Pitt-Payne