Woman loses the love of her life to the perils of war and treacherous seas.
Story behind the song
Written in the interest of keeping traditional American folk music alive. Story folk song along the style of early to mid century folk music.
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................
