Lyrics to
Sarah Jane

This version of Sarah Jane was released by Bob Dylan in 1973.

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I got a wife and five little chillun
I’m gonna take a trip on the big McMillan
With Saro Jane
Saro Jane
Ain’t nothin’ to do
But to set down and sing
And rock about my Saro Jane

The boiler busted and the whistle squall
The Captain gone through the hole-in-the-wall
Oh Saro Jane
Saro Jane
Ain’t nothin’ to do
But to set down and sing
And rock about my Saro Jane

The engine give a crack and the whistle gave a squall
The engineer gone to the hole-in-the-wall
Saro Jane
Saro Jane
Ain’t nothin’ to do
But to set down and sing
And rock about my Saro Jane

Yankee built boats to shoot them Rebels
My gun’s steady gonna hold it level
Saro Jane
Saro Jane
But to set down and sing
And rock about my Saro Jane

I got a wife and five little chillun
I’m gonna take a trip on the big McMillan
Saro Jane
Saro Jane
Ain’t nothin’ to do
But to set down and sing
And rock about my Saro Jane

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About Lyrics and Sarah Jane by Bob Dylan

The lyrics to Sarah Jane are the words, verses and chorus for the song released by Bob Dylan in 1973. Elements of the lyrics to Sarah Jane are both direct in meaning and also metaphorical with the real meanings of the song only known by Bob Dylan and any collaborating writers working on the lyrics for Sarah Jane back when it was created.

Some people have an interest in the etymology behind words and phrases. You can take apart the lyrics to Sarah Jane by Bob Dylan in a number of ways. The word "lyric" itself derives from the Latin word lyricus, with the actual English word lyrics applied to the definition "words set to music" listed in Stainer and Barrett's 1876 Dictionary of Musical Terms. Continuing the chain, the Latin word lyricus derives from the Greek word λυρικός or lyrikós. This somewhat means "poetry accompanied by the lyre" or "words set to music." You can easily see that by looking at the background of the word lyric, that the "lyrics to Sarah Jane" means the words set to the music of Sarah Jane, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Bob Dylan. The singular form "lyric" is still used to mean the complete words to a song. However, the singular form lyric is also commonly used to refer to a specific line (or phrase) within a song's lyrics. Hence, by this analysis of word structure, you could say that the lyric to Sarah Jane and the lyrics to Sarah Jane are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Bob Dylan who came here looking just for the lyrics to Sarah Jane, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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