Pretty Jane! Precious Jane!
Never be so shy.
Just meet me in the evening,
When the moon is in the rye.
Spring’s waning fast, love;
The corn is in the ear.
Summer nights are coming,
And the moon shines bright
and clear.
Pretty Jane! Precious Jane!
Never be so shy.
Just meet me in the evening,
When the moon is in the rye.
Pretty Jane! Precious Jane!
Never be so shy.
Just meet me in the evening,
When the moon is in the rye.
Name the day, the wedding day,
And I will buy, will buy the ring.
Boys and Girls in fine white favors,
Village bells will ring.
Spring is waning fast, love,
The corn is in the ear.
Summer nights are coming,
And the moon shines bright and clear.
Transcribed by: From the liner notes of Taught To Be Proud (2005)
Lead singer: Trevor Garrod
Song credits: Music by Trevor Garrod, Lyrics by Edward Fitzball (1792-1873)
On CD: Taught To Be Proud, Strange Ode To Nature
Links to mp3: http://www.archive.org/download/tlg2005-11-18.flac1644.mk21/tlg2005-11-18.d1t07_vbr.mp3
Band said: At the Coffee Bean Brown acoustic show November 21, 2002 Club Deluxe - San Francisco, CA... Trevor said "That was a song called Pretty Jane. You know, I didn't write the lyric to that song. I found it on this old piece of sheet music, from around 1903 or something, by some guy named Wilbur or something. My grandma's name is Jane, and I thought it was cute."
Trevor said he found the lyrics of this old song (where did he find the sheet music?). He decided to write his own new music, and to sing a variation of the original lyrics by Edward Fitzball.
Also, Trevor has dedicated the song to his grandmother, Jane.
There is a connection between the 1832 popular song “My Pretty Jane” aka “The Bloom Is On The Rye”, and the complex writings of James Joyce in the book, Ulysses. The song is the musical signature for Leopold Bloom throughout the “Sirens” episode of Ulysses.
Believe it or not, an operatic variation of “Pretty Jane” is included on a CD box-set called Music in the Works of James Joyce. You gotta hear this!
Breathing new life into a popular song from 1832……nice. A quick search of the internet yielded this information on the song’s lyrics in relation to James Joyce’s work: http://www.james-joyce-music.c.....yrics.html
“One aspect of Joyce’s application of musical form to Ulysses is his use of repeated phrases to indicate particular characters or plot issues, a technique borrowed from the operas of Richard Wagner. This song serves as the musical signature or leitmotiv for Leopold Bloom throughout the Sirens episode, the most musical chapter of the novel.”
More stuff I found on Pretty Jane: http://www.rte.ie/readingulysses/episode10.html
“This song is the main motif associated with Bloom in the Sirens episode of Ulysses. It is first alluded to in the Wandering Rocks episode when Bloom is near the Ormond Hotel where Sirens takes place. It was a favourite of Joyce himself and he remembered his father John singing it to his wife May’s accompaniment.”
“That was a song called Pretty Jane. You know, I didn’t write the lyric to that song. I found it on this old piece of sheet music, from around 1903 or something, by some guy named Wilbur or something. My grandma’s name is Jane, and I thought it was cute.”
–Trevor At the Coffee Bean Brown acoustic show November 21, 2002 Club Deluxe – San Francisco, CA
June 25th, 2006
Trevor said he found the lyrics of this old song (where did he find the sheet music?). He decided to write his own new music, and to sing a variation of the original lyrics by Edward Fitzball.
Also, Trevor has dedicated the song to his grandmother, Jane.
June 25th, 2006
Listen to a sample opera version of “The Bloom Is On The Rye” aka “My Pretty Jane” (Music by Sir Henry Bishop; words by Edward Fitzball).
There is a connection between the 1832 popular song “My Pretty Jane” aka “The Bloom Is On The Rye”, and the complex writings of James Joyce in the book, Ulysses. The song is the musical signature for Leopold Bloom throughout the “Sirens” episode of Ulysses.
Believe it or not, an operatic variation of “Pretty Jane” is included on a CD box-set called Music in the Works of James Joyce. You gotta hear this!
June 25th, 2006
Breathing new life into a popular song from 1832……nice. A quick search of the internet yielded this information on the song’s lyrics in relation to James Joyce’s work:
http://www.james-joyce-music.c.....yrics.html
“One aspect of Joyce’s application of musical form to Ulysses is his use of repeated phrases to indicate particular characters or plot issues, a technique borrowed from the operas of Richard Wagner. This song serves as the musical signature or leitmotiv for Leopold Bloom throughout the Sirens episode, the most musical chapter of the novel.”
More stuff I found on Pretty Jane:
http://www.rte.ie/readingulysses/episode10.html
“This song is the main motif associated with Bloom in the Sirens episode of Ulysses. It is first alluded to in the Wandering Rocks episode when Bloom is near the Ormond Hotel where Sirens takes place. It was a favourite of Joyce himself and he remembered his father John singing it to his wife May’s accompaniment.”
January 24th, 2008
Chords:
F – Bb – Dm
Dm – Bb – F
Entire song. Very easy.
December 12th, 2008
“That was a song called Pretty Jane. You know, I didn’t write the lyric to that song. I found it on this old piece of sheet music, from around 1903 or something, by some guy named Wilbur or something. My grandma’s name is Jane, and I thought it was cute.”
–Trevor At the Coffee Bean Brown acoustic show November 21, 2002 Club Deluxe – San Francisco, CA