JANE AND LOUISA
Jamaican: trad

Jane and Louisa will soon come home, soon come home, soon come home.
Jane and Louisa will soon come home
Into this beautiful garden

My dear will you 'low me to pick a rose, pick a rose, pick a rose.
My dear will you 'low me to pick a rose
Into this beautiful garden.

My dear will you 'low me to waltz with you, waltz with you, waltz with you.
My dear will you 'low me to waltz with you
Into this beautiful garden.


According to the notes accompanying this song:
"The children form a ring with two girls on the outside (Jane & Louisa). During the first verse Jane & Louisa approach, walking slowly in time to the music.
In the second verse Jane and Louisa each go in a different direction around the circle pretending to pluck a rose from each child.
In the third verse each chooses a partner and waltzes in the ring. The partners then become Jane & Louisa and the song begins again.
This song probably had its origins in English Music Hall."

From:
"Brown gal in de Ring"
12 Jamaican Folk-Songs
Collected & arranged for schools by OLIVE LEWIN
Oxford University Press 1974
ISBN 0 19 330544 5

X: 1
T: Jane and Louisa
M: 3/4
L: 1/4
N: 3 verses shown, variation in bar 8
O: Jamaica
Z: NP 09/06/2011
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