The Siren's Song (Kern and Wodehouse)



[Verse]
 * (Jane.) On an Island far away,
 * So the old world legends say,
 * Sat wicked Sirens all day long,
 * singing their sweet deceitful song


 * Mariners came sailing near,
 * heard that song so soft and clear,
 * Answered the call that lured them all,
 * and upon the reef came straight to grief.

[Refrain]
 * Come to us, We've waited so long for you,
 * Ev'ry day we'll make a new song for you,
 * come, come, to us we love you so.
 * Leave behind the world and it's [sic] fretting,
 * and we will give you rest and forgetting.
 * So sang the Sirens ages and ages ago.


 * Come to us, we've waited so long for you,
 * we'll make life a beautiful song for you,
 * come, come to us. We love you so.
 * leave behind the world and it's fretting,
 * And we will give you rest and forgetting.
 * So sang the Sirens ages and ages ago.

[Verse]
 * (Bessie.) Now long years have passed away,
 * Sirens are a myth they say,
 * But you still find them none the less,
 * singing today in modern dress


 * Just the same they set their snare,
 * sweetly smiling, false and fair,
 * Turn a deaf ear when you are near,
 * or upon the reef you'll come to grief.

[Refrain]
 * Come to us, We've waited so long for you,
 * We'll make life one beautiful song for you,
 * come, come, to us we love you so.
 * That's the song the Sirens will sing you,
 * and if you hark to shipwreck they'll bring you.
 * Just as they used to ages and ages ago.


 * Come to us, we've waited so long for you,
 * we'll make life a beautiful song for you,
 * come, come to us. We love you so.
 * leave behind the world and it's fretting,
 * And we will give you rest and forgetting.
 * So sang the Sirens ages and ages ago.