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- Missouri Waltz
- Music by Frederick
Knight Logan / Lyrics by James Royce Shannon - 1916
| Part
1: |
| F |
C7 |
F |
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| - |
C7 |
F |
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| Bb |
- |
F |
- |
| G7 |
- |
C7 |
- |
| F |
C7 |
F |
- |
| - |
C7 |
F |
- |
| Bb |
Bdim |
F |
- |
| G7 |
C7 |
F |
- (end after repeat) |
| Part
2: |
| Dm |
- |
- |
- |
| Cm |
- |
A7 |
Dm |
| - |
- |
- |
- |
| - |
A7 |
Dm |
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| - (Interlude) |
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| - (Interlude) |
A7 |
Dm |
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| Dm |
A7 |
Dm |
A7 |
| Dm |
A7 |
Dm |
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| Bb |
- |
F |
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| G7 |
C7 |
F |
- (repeat part 1) |
- 6-beat intro. Play 3-beats
for each cell, reading from left to right.
- This song is in 3/4 waltz time.
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- Part 1:
- Hushabye, my baby, slumbertime
is coming soon;
- Rest your head upon my breast
while Mommy hums a tune;
- The sandman is calling where
shadows are falling,
- While the soft breezes sigh
as in days long gone by.
- 'Way down in Missouri where
I heard this melody,
- When I was a little child
on my Mommy's knee;
- The old folks were humming;
Their banjos were strumming,
- So sweet and low.
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- Part 2:
- Strum, strum, strum, strum,
strum,
- Seems I hear those banjos
playing once again,
- Hum, hum, hum, hum, hum,
- That same old plaintive
strain.
- (Interlude, no lyrics)
- (Interlude, no lyrics)
- Hear that mournful melody,
- It just haunts you the whole
day long,
- And you wander in dreams
back to Dixie, it seems,
- When you hear that oldtime
song.
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- Part 1 (repeat):
- Hushabye, my baby, go to
sleep on Mommy's knee,
- Journey back to Dixieland
in dreams again with me;
- It seems like your Mommy
is there once again,
- And the old folks were strumming
that same old refrain.
- 'Way down in Missouri where
I learned this lullaby,
- When the stars were blinking
and the moon was climbing high,
- Seems I hear voices low,
as in days long ago
- Singing hushabye.
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- Performer Links:
- (webpage)
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- Listen to Joe Maphis
perform "Missouri Waltz" (mp3)
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Arranged by Jim Bottorff
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- email: jbott@ix.netcom.com