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The Donkey Serenade

Lyrics by Bob Wright and Chet Forrest, Music by Rudolf Friml and Herbert Stolhart - 1937

Intro:		C	-
-	-               G9	G7              C	-
-	-	-	G9            G7
C	-	-	-
Verse:
G7	Dm7         G7	C	-
Dm7          G7	Dm7         G7	C	-
Dm7         G7	Dm7         G7	C	-
Dm7         G7	Dm7         G7	C	-
-	-	-	-
-	-	-	-                E7
Chorus:
Am           E7	Abdim      E7    Abdim	Am           E7      Am7	E7b9         E7
Am           E7      Am7	D9           Bm    Am6	Dm7         G9	Dm7          G7
C              Dm     Em	Dm           Em	C
Dm7         G7	Dm7         G7	C	-         (to verse)

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

Note: This song is in the key of C, the verse starts with a G7 chord, the chorus starts with an Am..

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Verse:

There's a song in the air, But the fair se -no -ri -ta does -n't seem to

Care for the song in the air.

So I'll sing to the mule if you're sure she won't think that I am just a

Fool ser -e -nad -ing a mule.

A -mi -go mi -o, does she not have a daint -y bray? She list -ens care -ful -ly to each lit -tle tune you play.

La bel -la Se -no -ri -ta" Si, Si, mi mu -cha -chi -to, She'd love to sing it too if on -ly she knew the way.

 

Chorus:

But try as she may, in her voice there's a flaw!

And all that the la -dy can say is: "E -E -AW!"

(Instrumental, no lyrics)
(Instrumental, no lyrics)

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Arranged by Jim Bottorff

 

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