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DOWN YONDER
Words and Music by L. Wolfe Gilbert
1921
4-Bar Intro

Verse 1

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               RAIL-ROAD TRAIN, RAIL-ROAD TRAIN, HUR-RY SOME MORE
                F7                                      Bb7 Eb
                PUT A LIT-TLE STEAM ON JUST LIKE NEV-ER BE- FORE
                   Eb          F7          Bb7          Eb
                   HUS-TLE ON, BUS-TLE ON, I'VE GOT THE BLUES
                         F7                       Bb7
                         YEARN-ING FOR MY SWAN-EE SHORE
                           Fm
                           BROTH-ER IF YOU ON-LY KNEW
                           F7                      Bb7
                           YOU'D WANT TO HUR-RY UP TOO.

Verse 2


 


               Eb             F7               Bb7            Eb
               SUM-MER NIGHT, FIELDS OF WHITE, BRIGHT COT-TON MOON,
                F7                                       Bb7 Eb
                MY, BUT I FEEL GLAD, I'M GON-NA' SEE YOU ALL SOON.
                Eb               F7            Bb7            Eb
                'LASS-ES' CAKES, MAM-MY BAKES, I   TASTE THEM NOW.
                        F7                      Bb7
                        I CAN HEAR THE DARK-IES CROON
                        Fm
                        I'LL SEE MY SWEET-IE ONCE MORE
                       F7                          Bb7
                       THERE'S LOTS OF KISS-ING IN STORE

Chorus

                       Eb   Eb7              Eb          Eb7
                       DOWN YON-DER SOME-ONE BECK-ONS TO ME,
                       Ab   Eb7              Ab
                       DOWN YON-DER SOME-ONE RECK-ONS ON ME.
                        Eb              Bb7     Eb  G° Bb7
                        I SEEM TO SEE A RACE IN MEM-O- RY,
                   Eb                    Bb7     Eb7
                   BE-TWEEN THE NATCH-EZ AND THE ROB-ERT E. LEE,
                      F7
                      SWAN-EE SHORE I MISS YOU MORE AND MORE
                        Bb7
                 EV-'RY DAY, MY MAM-MY LAND, YOU'RE SIM-PLY GRAND.
                     Eb   Bb7              Eb            Eb7
                     DOWN YON-DER WHEN THE FOLKS GET THE NEWS,
                       Ab    Eb7            Ab
                       DON'T WON-DER AT THE HUL-LA-BA-LOOS.
                      Eb
              THERE'S DAD-DY AND MAM-MY, THERE'S EPH-RAIM AND SAM-MY,
                          F7            Bb7         Eb
                          WAIT-IN' DOWN YON-DER FOR ME.