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- Bill Bailey
- Words and Music
by Hughie Cannon - 1902
Verse: |
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C |
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C7 |
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F |
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Chorus: |
F |
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C7 |
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F7 |
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G7
Bdim |
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D7 |
G7 |
C7 |
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C7 |
F
(C7 to chorus) |
- 8-beat intro. Play 4-beats
for each cell, reading from left to right.
- The melody of the song "Bourbon Street Parade" can be played along with the chorus of "Bill
Bailey".
- Click here and listen to both
songs played together in the key of F
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- Verse:
- On one sum -mer's day Sun
was shin -ing fine,
- The la -dy love of old Bill
Bailey was hang -ing clother on de line
- In her back yard, and weep
-ing hard;
- She mar -ried a B. and O.
brake -man, Dat took and throw'd her down,
- Bel -ler -ing like a prune
fed calf, wid a big gang hang -ing 'round;
- And to dat crowd, She yelled
out loud:
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- Chorus:
- "Won't you come home,
Bill Bail-ey?" Won't you come home?"
- She moans the whole day
long.
- "I'll do the cook-ing,
dar-ling, I'll pay the rent.
- I know I've done you wrong.
- Mem-ber that rain -y eve
that I drove you out
- With noth-ing but a fine
tooth comb?
- I know I'm to blame. Well
ain't that a shame?
- Bill Bail-ey, won't you
please come home?"
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- Watch
Jim and the WineLand Banjo Band play "Bill Bailey"
(click here,Youtube video)
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- Trivia:
- Some additional songs that
have the same 32-bar chord progression as Bill Bailey::
- Amapola, Beer Barrell Polka,
Hindustan, Just Because, Mexicali Rose,
- Moonlight and Roses, Over the
Waves, Tiger Rag ("hold that tiger" strain),
- Under the Double Eagle, Walk
Right Back, Washington and Lee Swing.
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Arranged by Jim Bottorff
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- This Chord Chart
may not appear correctly with some browsers. It should
be viewed with a full size window.
- The chord names should
appear in single rows except at the Repeat/End. Let me
know of any problems.
- email: jbott@ix.netcom.com