LEAVE IT TO JANE
Title song of the Broadway Show "Leave It To Jane" (1917)
(Music: Jerome Kern / Lyrics: P.G. Wodehouse)
Edith Hallor, Oscar Shaw & Ann Orr (Broadway Production) - 1917
Victor Light Opera Company - 1917
June Allyson (feat. in the film "Till The Clouds Roll By") - 1946
Jeanne Allen, Angelo Mango & Kathleen Murray (Off-Broadway Prod.) - 1959
As originally performed on Broadway by
EDITH HALLOR as Jane, ANN ORR as Bessie and OSCAR SHAW as Stub:
BESSIE: Our gentle Jane, when it comes to brain can make a quite a show
JANE: It's wicked you know to flatter me so
STUB: She's cooler than ice, so take my advice
If you've a problem, don't you think twice
BESSIE & STUB: Leave it to Jane, Jane, Jane
JANE: I don't know why you should make me plot and plan for you
BESSIE & STUB: She is the girl with brain
JANE: I always try to do ev'rything I can for you
BESSIE & STUB:
No problem you can wish on her gives a strain
She'll tackle gaily a score or more daily
If something is on your mind
JANE: And I can see that there is not a doubt of it
BESSIE & STUB: Comfort you soon will find
JANE: Leave it to me, I will soon get you out of it
BESSIE & STUB: If you have started worrying, kindly refrain
ALL: And just hand over the whole thing to Jane!
JANE: I've been that way from a child they say
STUB: When she was but two our Jane always knew the right thing to do
BESSIE: Her tact and sense were simply immense
STUB: That's why we say with fervour intense
BESSIE & STUB: Leave it to Jane, Jane, Jane
JANE: I don't know why you should make me plot and plan for you
BESSIE & STUB She is the girl with brain
JANE: I always try to do ev'rything I can for you
BESSIE & STUB:
No problem you can wish on her gives a strain
She'll tackle gaily a score or more daily
If something is on your mind
JANE: And I can see that there is not a doubt of it
BESSIE & STUB: Comfort you soon will find
JANE: Leave it to me, I will soon get you out of it
BESSIE & STUB: If you have started worrying, kindly refrain
ALL: And just hand over the whole thing to Jane!
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As performed by JUNE ALLYSON
and Chorus in the 1946 film "Till The Clouds Roll By":
(Leave it to Jane, Jane, Jane)
I don't know why you should make me plot and plan for you
(She is the girl with brains)
I always try to do everything I can for you
(No problem you can wish on her gives her a strain)
(She'll tackle gaily a score or more daily)
(If something is on your mind)
And I can see that there is, not a doubt of it
(Comfort you soon will find)
Leave it to me, I will soon get you out of it
(If you have started worrying, kindly refrain)
(And just hand over the whole thing to Jane)
(Spoken)
(Well Jane, why don't you tell us how do you do it)
(Yes, Jane, come on Jane, tell us)
Oh well, it's really very simple
I just study up on the famous women of history
(You mean like Lucrecia Borgia?)
Well, no, not exactly, listen .....
(NOTE: Then she goes on to sing "Cleopatterer")
(Transcribed by Mel Priddle - May 2017)
