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 Poor Butterfly

Words by John Golden, Music by Ray Hubbell - 1916

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F9	-	Bbmaj7	-
D+	-            D7	G9	-            G7
C7          F9	-            F7	Bb          Gm	-
C7	-	F7	-     Bb   F#7   Cm7
F9	-	Bbmaj7	-
D+	-            D7	G9	-            G7
Cm7	-            Ebm6	Bb         Bbmaj7	Bb       Bbdim
F9	-	Bb	-        (F7 repeat)

8-beat intro with 3 quick lead-in notes.  Play 4-beats for each cell, reading from left to right.

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Poor Butterfly!  'Neath the blossoms waiting,

Poor Butterfly!  For she loved him so.

The moments pass into hours,  The hours pass into years,

And as she smiles through her tears,  She murmurs low,

The moon and I know that he be faithful,

I'm sure he come to me bye and bye.

But if he don't come back,  Then I never sigh or cry,

I just must die.  Poor Butterfly.
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Performer Links:

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Listen to Don Obertone perform "Poor Butterfly" on the tenor banjo (mp3)

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Arranged by Jim Bottorff

 

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email: jbott@ix.netcom.com