"Mary Jane" is a blues song by Janis Joplin

Janis Joplin

Janis Lyn Joplin was an American singer, songwriter, painter, dancer and music arranger. She rose to prominence in the late 1960s as the lead singer of Big Brother and the Holding Company and later as a solo artist with her backing groups, The Kozmic Blues Band and The Full Tilt Boogie Band...

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The song has five verses; the first features the line "when I bring home my hard-earned pay, I spend my money all on Mary Jane

Cannabis (drug)

Cannabis, also known as marijuana among many other names, refers to any number of preparations of the Cannabis plant intended for use as a psychoactive drug or for medicinal purposes. The English term marijuana comes from the Mexican Spanish word marihuana...

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A live performance of the song, recorded in San Francisco 1965 with Dick Oxtot Jazz Band, can be heard on the 1975 compilation album Janis

Janis (1975 album)

Janis is a collection of performances by Janis Joplin, issued in 1975 as a compilation album containing film soundtrack and live recordings. Disc one is subtitled "From the soundtrack of the motion picture Janis ". In addition to concert recordings from Toronto and Frankfurt, there are several...

. The song is also included on the 2007 compilation The Very Best Of Janis Joplin.