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Isle Of Capri

Words by Jimmy Kennedy, Music by Will Grosz - 1934

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F	-	-	Gm7        C7
-	-	F           C7	F
-	-	-	Gm7        C7
-	-	F           C7	F
Bb	F	C7	F
Bb	F	Dm        G7	C7
F	-	-	Gm7        C7
-	-	F           C7	F      (repeat)

8-beat intro. with 3 lead-in notes.  Play 4-beats for each cell, reading from left to right.

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`Twas on the Isle Of Capri that I found her,  Beneath the shade of an old walnut tree.

Oh, I can still see the flow'rs bloomin' round her,  Where we met on the Isle Of Capri.

She was as sweet as a rose at the dawning,  But somehow fate hadn't meant her for me.

And though I sailed with the tide in the morning,  Still my heart's on the Isle Of Capri.

Summertime was nearly over,  Blue Italian sky above.

I said "Lady,  I'm a rover,  Can you spare a sweet word of love?"

She whispered softly,  "It's best not to linger,"  And then as I kissed her hand I could see.

She wore a golden ring on her finger,  'Twas goodbye on the Isle Of Capri.
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Watch Eddie Davis perform "Isle Of Capri" on the tenor banjo (youtube)

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Arranged by Jim Bottorff

 

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