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Sweet Violets
Words and Music by Cy Coben and Charles Grean - 1951
Reached # 3 on the Billboard magazine charts.
 Verse:
F - - C7
- - - F
- - C7 -
- - F -
- C7 - -
- F - -
C7 - - -
 Chorus:
F Bbm F -
- Bb             F C7 -
Gm7 C7 Gm7 C7
- - F C7
F -       (C7 repeat all) |
12-beat intro.  Play 3-beats for each cell, reading from left to right.
Note:  This song is in 3/4 waltz time.  
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Verse:
There once was a farmer who took a young miss,
In back of the barn where he gave her a
Lecture on horses and chickens and eggs,
And told her that she had such beautiful
Manners that suited a girl of her charms,
A girl that he wanted to take in his
Washing and ironing and then if she did,
They could get married and raise lots of

Chorus:
Sweet Violets,
Sweeter than the roses.
Covered all over from head to toe,
Covered all over with Sweet Violets.
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Watch the Katie Cavera Trio perform "Sweet Violets" (youtube)
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Arranged by Jim Bottorff
 
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