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Sweet Violets

Words and Music by Cy Coben and Charles Grean - 1951

Reached # 3 on the Billboard magazine charts.

Verse:
F	-	-	C7
-	-	-	F
-	-	C7	-
-	-	F	-
-	C7	-	-
-	F	-	-
C7	-	-	-
Chorus:
F	Bbm	F	-
-	Bb             F	C7	-
Gm7	C7	Gm7	C7
-	-	F	C7
F	-       (C7 repeat all)	|

12-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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Verse:

There once was a farmer who took a young miss,
In back of the barn where he gave her a

Lecture on horses and chickens and eggs,

And told her that she had such beautiful

Manners that suited a girl of her charms,

A girl that he wanted to take in his

Washing and ironing and then if she did,

They could get married and raise lots of

Chorus:

Sweet Violets,
Sweeter than the roses.
Covered all over from head to toe,
Covered all over with Sweet Violets.
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Performer Links:

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Watch Katie Cavera & John Gill perform "Sweet Violets" (youtube)

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Arranged by Jim Bottorff

 

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