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Sailing Down The Chesapeake Bay

Words by Jean C. Havez, Music by George Botsford - 1913

Verse:-----------	------------------	------------------	------------------
F	-	C7	F
-	-	C         G7	C
C7	F	A7	Dm
G7         C	G7        C	D7       G7	C         C7
Chorus:---------	------------------	------------------	------------------
C7	-	F	-
C7	-	F	-
C7	-	F	-
Cdim	Bdim	Gdim      C7	F
-	-	(see note) C7	F   (to chorus)

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

Note: The ending of this song repeats the next-to-last cell three times before ending on the last cell.

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Verse:

'Round the bend I see the steam -er com -in', dear, Head -in' here, To this pier;

If you hur -ry we will make it, nev -er fear, On the old Do -min -ion Line.

Aint she sail -ing pret -ty as she hugs the shore, Steam -in' for Bal -ti -more;

Hear the pad -dles turn -in' Hear the wat -er churn -in' She's the queen of Ches -a -peake Bay!

 

Chorus:

Come on Nan cy, put your best dress on, Come on Nan -cy 'fore the steam -boat's gone.

Ev -'ry -thing is love -ly on the Ches -a -peake Bay, All a -board for Bal -ti -more and if we're late they'll all be sore,

Now look here Cap -tain, let us catch the boat, We can't swim and lis -ten, we can't float!

Banjos strum-min' a good old tune, Up on deck, is the place to spoon,

Cud -dle up close, be -neath the sil -v'ry moon, Sail -ing down the Ches -a -peake Bay.

 

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Sound Clip:

Listen to the Oakland Banjo Band play "Sailing Down The Chesapeake Bay" (1,068k mp3)

Vocal by Dick Vlach

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Arranged by Jim Bottorff

 

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