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My Mammy

Words by Sam M. Lewis and Joe Young, Music by Walter Donaldson - 1920

Verse:
C              Ab7	F	C             G7	C
Am7	G7	G9	C
C             Ab7	F	C             G7	C
C              A7	G               E7	C    Cm    Bm     D6	G7
Chorus:
C	Em	F	C
F               C	F    Cdim    C	F               C	D9           G7
E7b9	E7	A9	A7
G             Eb7	Am7	D7	G7
C	-	C7	-
F	-	D7	G7
C	Em	F	C
F              F#dim	C      G       C       Cm6	D7           G7	C   (repeat chorus)

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

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Verse:

Ev'ry thing seems lovely, When you start to roam.

The birds are singing the day that you stray, But wait until you are further away.

Things won't be so lovely, When you're all alone.

Here's what you'll keep saying, When you're far from home.

 

Chorus:

Mammy, Mammy,

The sun shines East the sun shines West, but I've just learned where the sun shines best.

Mammy, Mammy,

My heart strings are tangled around Alabamy.

I'se acomin', sorry that I made you wait.

I'se acomin', hope and pray I'm not too late.

Mammy, Mammy,

I'd walk a million miles for one of your smiles, my Mammy.

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Listen to the Saint Louis Banjo Club perform "My Mammy" (mp3)

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Arranged by Jim Bottorff

 

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