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On The Mississippi

Words by Ballard Macdonald, Music by Caroll and Fields - 1912

Chorus:
Eb	-	Bb7	-
Eb             Ab	Gm             Ab	Eb	Bb7
Eb	-	Bb	-
C7	F7	Bb7	-
Eb7	-	Ab	-
C7	-	Fm	Bb7
Eb	-	Bb7	-
Eb             Ab	F7              Bb7	Eb	-            (repeat)

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

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Chorus:

On the Mississippi, On the Mississippi,
Where those boats go puffin' along.
On the Mississippi, People all go dippy,
When they hear a little bit of ragtime melody.
It seems I hear them singing, See them buck and winging,
To the banjos ringing, Oh, my heart is clinging,
To the Mississippi, Dear old Mississippi,
That's where I was born.

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Performer Links:

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Listen to the Big Ben Banjo Band perform "On The Mississippi" (mp3)

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Arranged by Jim Bottorff

 

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email: jbott@ix.netcom.com