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On The Mississippi
Words by Ballard Macdonald, Music by Caroll and Fields - 1912
 Chorus:
Eb - Bb7 -
Eb             Ab Gm             Ab Eb Bb7
Eb - Bb -
C7 F7 Bb7 -
Eb7 - Ab -
C7 - Fm Bb7
Eb - Bb7 -
Eb             Ab F7              Bb7 Eb -            (repeat)
8-beat intro.  Play 4-beats for each cell, reading from left to right.
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Chorus:
On the Mississippi, On the Mississippi,
Where those boats go puffin' along.
On the Mississippi, People all go dippy,
When they hear a little bit of ragtime melody.
It seems I hear them singing, See them buck and winging,
To the banjos ringing, Oh, my heart is clinging,
To the Mississippi, Dear old Mississippi,
That's where I was born.
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Listen to the Big Ben Banjo Band perform "On The Mississippi" (mp3)
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Arranged by Jim Bottorff
 
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