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A Dreamer's Holiday

Words by Kim Gannon, Music by Mabel Wayne - 1949

Number 1 on the Hit Parade in 1949, played for 15 weeks.

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C	B7	Dm7            G7	A7
F              Fm6	C              A7	D7	G7
C	B7	Dm7            G7	A7
F              Fm6	C              A7	D7               G7	C             C7
Gm7          C7	F	Gm7            C7	F
Am7          D7	G              Gdim	Am7            D7	G7
C	B7	Dm7            G7	A7
F              Fm6	C              A7	D7               G7	C      (G7  repeat)

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

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Climb aboard a butterfly and take off on the breeze, Let your worries flutter by an' do the things you please,
In a land where dollar bills are fallin' off the trees, On A Dreamer's Holiday.

Every day for breakfast there's a dish of scrambled stars,  An' for lunchin' you'll be munchin Rainbow candy bars,
You'll be livin' a la mode on Jupiter and Mars, On A Dreamer's Holiday.

Make it a long vacation, Time, there is plenty of.

You need no reservation, Just bring along the one you love.

Help yourself to happiness an' sprinkle it with mirth, Close your eyes an' concentrate an' dream for all you're worth,
You will feel terrific when you get back down to earth, From A Dreamer's Holiday.
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Listen to Dick and Helen Martin perform "Dreamer's Holiday" (mp3)

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Arranged by Jim Bottorff

 

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email: jbott@ix.netcom.com