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Floatin' Down To Cotton Town

Words by Jack Frost, Music by F. Henri Klickmann - 1919

Verse:
Bb	-	F7	-           Dbdim
F7	-             F+	Bb	-           F7
Bb	-	F	-           F#dim
C7	-	F7	-
Bb	-	F7	-           C#dim
F7	-              F+	Bb	-
F            F#dim	C7	F	C7
-	Cdim	F7	-
Chorus:
Bb	-	C7	-
F7	-	Bb	-
Bbdim	-	Bb	-           G7
C7	-	F7	-
Bb	-	C7	-
F7	C7	Gm	Bb7
Eb	Gb	Bb	G7
C7	F7	Bb	-   (F7 to chorus)

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

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Verse:

I just dropped in to see you all and say,

I leave to -day, I'm on my way;

I'm go -in' back to sun -ny Dix -ie -land,

That's why I came to shake you by the hand;

The min -ute when I cross the Dix -ie Line,

No more I'll pine, won't that be fine?

Mis -ter Cap -tain, don't fail me, just hur -ry and sail me,

To that gal of mine:

 

Chorus:

Float -in' down, my hon -ey, Float -in' down,

Float -in' down the riv -er in -to cot -ton town,

Just hear that whis -tle toot toot toot -in' a -way,

Hear the folks all sing -in' ban -jos ring -in' 'till the break of day,

Hon -ey lamb, my lit -tle hon -ey lamb,

I'll come back to you in Al -a -bam;

While fields of sug -ar cane, seem to wel -come me a -gain,

Float -in' down to cot -ton town.

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Arranged by Jim Bottorff

 

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