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SUNFLOWER

Words and Music by Mack David - 1948

Number 2 on the Hit Parade in 1949, played for 13 weeks.

Verse:
F	Bb                 F	-	Bb               F
-	-	C7	-
F             C7	F7	Bb	Bdim
F	-	G9            C7	F
Chorus:
F	-	Dm	-
F	-	G7	C7
F	F7	Bb	-
C7	-	F	-          (C7 to verse)

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

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Verse 1:

I was born in Kansas,  I was bred in Kansas,

And when I get married,  I'll be wed in Kansas.

There's a true blue gal who promised she would wait,

She's a sunflower from the sunflower state.

 

Verse 2:

Skies are fair in Kansas, clouds are rare in Kansas,

Never saw a place that could compare with Kansas.

So I'm goin' home to keep a weddin' date with my

Sunflower from the sunflower state.

 

Chorus:

She's a sunflower, she's my sunflower

And I know we'll never part.

She's a sunflower, she's my one flower,

She's the flower of my heart.

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Performer Links:

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Listen to the Russ Morgan Orchestra perform "Sunflower" (youtube)

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Arranged by Jim Bottorff

 

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email: jbott@ix.netcom.com