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- DOWN YONDER
- Words and Music
by L. Wolfe Gilbert - 1921
- Number 2 on the
Hit Parade in 1952, played for 13 weeks.
| Verse:----------- |
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| G A7 |
D7 G |
A7 |
D7 G |
| - A7 |
D7 G |
A7 |
D7 |
| Am |
- |
A7 |
D7 |
| Chorus:---------- |
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| G D7 |
G G7 |
C G7 |
C |
| G
D7 |
G7 D7 |
G
D7 |
G |
| A7 |
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D7 |
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| G D7 |
G G7 |
C G7 |
C |
| G |
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A7 D |
G (D7 To Chorus) |
- 8-beat intro. Play 4-beats
for each cell, reading from left to right.
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- Verse:
- Rail -road train, Rail -road
train, Hur -ry some more Put a lit -tle steam on just like nev
-er be -fore
- Hus -tle on, Bus -tle on,
I've got the blues Yearn -ing for my Swan -ee shore
- Broth -er if you on -ly
knew You'd want to hur -ry up to
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- Chorus:
- Down yon -der some -one
beck -ons to me. down yon -der some -one reck -ons on me
- I seem to see a race in
mem -o -ry. Be -tween the natch -ez and the Ro -bert E. Lee.
- Swan -ee shore I miss you
more and more Ev -'ry day, My mam -my land you're sim -ply grand,
- Down yon -der when the folks
get the news. Don't won -der at the hul -la -ba -loos.
- There's dad -dy and mam
-my, There's eph -raim and Sam -my. Wait -in down yon -der for
me.
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- Sound Clip:
- Listen to Jim play "Down
Yonder" on the 5-string banjo (425k mp3 file)
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Arranged by Jim Bottorff
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