From the musical “Babes in Toyland”, 1903.
Words by Glen MacDonough.
Music by Victor Herbert.
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
- Oh a sailor’s my true love
And never a new love
Will win his heart from me
Though beauties entrancing
Alluringly glancing
Will woo him o’er the sea
For it’s all sorts of girlies he’ll meet
The dashing, the tender, the sweet
But as to each maidie
He shakes a day-day-die
This answer he will repeat
Refrain
Jane! Jane! Jane!
She is the girl who is waiting for me
Jane! Jane! Jane!
True to my sweetheart I’m going to be
Vain! Vain! Vain!
All of your efforts to lead us apart
Jane! Jane! Jane!
‘Tis her name reigns supreme in my heart
- There is one that he’ll meet
With who’s hard to compete
The over timid maid
Who trembles and shivers
And shudders and quivers
Of ev’rything afraid
When to soothe her unending alarm
She’ll rush to his sheltering arm
The way he’ll receiver her
Will startle and grieve her
He’ll tell her in accents calm - There’s the girl who can flatter
With sugary patter
And deep adoring gaze
Whenever you find her
The men trail behind her
The poor things can’t stand praise
When to capture my true love she’ll try
By praising him up to the sky
In spite of her cooing
There’ll be nothing doing
For to her he will reply
Sung here by Vancha March: