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BILL BAILEY

Words and Music by Hughie Cannon - 1902

Verse:-----------	------------------	------------------	----------------
Dm	-	-	-
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C	-	F	-             A
Dm	-	-	-
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C7	-	F	-
Chorus:---------	------------------	------------------	------------------
F	-	-	-
-	Fdim	C7	-
-	-	-	-
-	-	F	-
-	-	-	-
-	F7	Bb	-
-	G7         Bdim	F	D7
G7	C7	F           C7	F  (C7 to chorus)

8-beat intro.  Play 4-beats for each cell, reading from left to right.

The melody of the song "Bourbon Street Parade" can be played along with the chorus of "Bill Bailey".

Click here and listen to both songs played together.

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Verse:

On one sum -mer's day Sun was shin -ing fine,

The la -dy love of old Bill Bailey was hang -ing clother on de line

In her back yard, and weep -ing hard;

She mar -ried a B. and O. brake -man, Dat took and throw'd her down,

Bel -ler -ing like a prune fed calf, wid a big gang hang -ing 'round;

And to dat crowd, She yelled out loud:

 

Chorus:

"Won't you come home, Bill Bail-ey?" Won't you come home?"

She moans the whole day long.

"I'll do the cook-ing, dar-ling, I'll pay the rent.

I know I've done you wrong.

Mem-ber that rain -y eve that I drove you out

With noth-ing but a fine tooth comb?

I know I'm to blame. Well ain't that a shame?

Bill Bail-ey, won't you please come home?"

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Trivia:

Some additional songs that have the same 32-bar chord progression as Bill Bailey:

Amapola
Beer Barrell Polka
Hindustan (bars 26 and 27 have a flat 6th chord)
Just Because
Mexicali Rose
Moonlight and Roses
Over the Waves
Tiger Rag ("hold that tiger" strain)
Under the Double Eagle
Walk Right Back
Washington and Lee Swing
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Arranged by Jim Bottorff

 

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