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Jessie's Day
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Folk song about a lover lost at sea.
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These pages are to feature the collaborative work of Eric True and John Nagle Eric True is a lyricist from Canada and has been writing for twenty plus years. There have been many recordings of his work done with various composers Eric recieved an editor's choice award some years ago from The Atlantic Magazine for a long Dylan type of ballad he wrote....That magazine had a circulation of approx 750,000.He recieved a lot of feedback on it. John Nagle has many playing and production credits to his name. John is a multi-instrumentalist and producer who has worked on a variety of different projects and is always looking for new challenges. He was born in Dublin but spent most of his formative years in Co. Wexford. He began playing the guitar and piano very early on. John currently lives in the Vale of Avoca, Co. Wicklow, Ireland. John Has toured extensively in Europe and the U.S playing guitar and piano with many highly rated bands. The production side of John’s work has come to the fore in the last few years. John has played, produced and written music that has been used in film, video and advertising as well as his work on records.
Song Info
Genre
Pop Indie Pop
Charts
#19,470 today Peak #220
#1,639 in subgenre Peak #32
Author
Eric True/John Ford
Rights
yes
Uploaded
January 15, 2003
Track Files
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MP3 3.2 MB 128 kbps 0:00
Story behind the song
Motivated by American traditional style of folk music. Trying to capture content/style of the early twentieth century folk singers.
Lyrics
Jessie's Day Jessie lives near the clouds and she dreams through the days, oh she dreams about her sailor his duty far away. And the days they run long in the cool mountain air and the last words he spoke echo back to her there. Chorus: "Jessie wait for the day I'll be comin back home and your mother's a tailor she can sew you a gown. When that final ship sails in to the valley bay again there'll be singin on the mountain wedding bells will join us then." There's a picture on the wall of her smilin sailor boy and his smile is a promise of tommorrows lovin joy and her waiting arms unfold a flowing gown held dear and she stares down the mountain through a lonely veil of tears. "Jessie wait for the day I'll be comin back home and your mother's a tailor she can sew you a gown. When that final ship sails in to the valley bay again there'll be singin on the mountain wedding bells will join us then." Well wars they come a ragin to curse a sailor's world and a missing lover's promise lives in a mountain girl and on a quiet valley evenin when the whisper breezes play you can still hear an echo off the cliffs of Jessie's bay. "Jessie wait for the day I'll be comin back home and your mother's a tailor she can sew you a gown. When that final ship sails in to the valley bay again there'll be singin on the mountain bells will join us then." chorus can be repeated or last one fading................
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