Lady Jane - Rolling Stones, The (cover-live by Bill Sharkey)

Lady Jane (Rolling Stones, The, 1966). Live cover performance by Bill Sharkey, Home Studio, Hawaii Kai, HI. 2023-06-08. "Keeping the Oldies & Classics Alive"

"Lady Jane," written by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards, was the Rolling Stone's 12th top 40 hit rising to the no 24 position in 1966, while being the "B" side to "Mother's Little Helper" (Whitburn, 2013). According to Jagger "'Lady Jane' is a complete sort of very weird song. I don't really know what that's all about myself. All the names are historical but it was really unconscious that they should fit together from the same period" (songfacts, 2023). According to Philippe Margotin and Jean-Michel Guesdon in their book "The Rolling Stones - All the Songs: The Story Behind Every Track" (2016), "The identity of the heroine of “Lady Jane” has given rise to much speculation. For some, she is Jane Seymour, the third wife of King Henry VIII of England, who died twelve days after giving birth to the future Edward VI. According to this version, the song was inspired by a letter addressed by Henry VIII to Jane in which he assures her of his love and reveals his decision not to delay in executing of his second wife, Anne Boleyn, by decapitation. For others, the song is about Jane Ormsby-Gore, the daughter of David Ormsby-Gore (the fifth Baron Harlech) and, most importantly, the emblematic designer of Swinging London, with whom the Stones’ singer had an affair. Or again, perhaps the name of the heroine should be seen as another example of the licentious double entendre of which the singer of the Rolling Stones was so fond."

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Lyrics:

My sweet lady Jane
When I see you again
Your servant am I
And will humbly remain
Just heed this plea, my love
On bended knees my love
I pledge myself to lady Jane

My dear lady Anne
I've done what I can
I must take my leave
For promised I am
This play is run, my love
Your time has come, my love
I pledge my troth to lady Jane

Oh, my sweet Marie
I wait at your ease
The sands have run out
For your lady and me
Wedlock is nigh my love
Her station's right my love
Life is secure with Lady Jane