Song Description
Story of a woman whose man has never returned from the sea.
| Song Length |
4:29 |
Genre |
Folk - Rural, World - Celtic |
| Tempo |
Floating |
Lead Vocal |
Female Vocal |
| Mood |
Composed, Poignant |
Subject |
Other, Other |
| Similar Artists |
Tom Waits, Sinead O'Connor |
Language |
English |
| Era |
1600 - 1699 |
| |
Lyrics
Oh, Fair Sara Jayne
Barely speaks, tho? she?s able
With eyes powder blue
And hair black as the night
And she?ll tell you a lie
But she?ll call it a fable
Just don?t get her mad
It?s a terrible fright.
And the wind blows
A strange siren song
Yet her heart knows
It won?t be long
Let the sea bring him back to me
Sea, bring him back?
To the arms
Of his Fair Sara Jayne, O.
Oh Fair Sara Jayne
Rarely nods when you pass ?er
She spends all her days
Staring out at the sea?
And it?s been ten long years
Since the sound of her laughter
That once used to ring
Cross the hills of Tralee.
And the wind blows
A strange siren song
Yet her heart knows
It won?t be long
Let the sea bring him back to me
Sea, bring him back?
To the arms
Of his Fair Sara Jayne, O.