Original Sheet Music

8-Bar Intro

Verse 1

IN THE RE-GION WHERE THE ROS-ES AL-WAYS BLOOM,
BREATH-ING OUT UP-ON THE AIR THEIR SWEET PER-FUME,
LIVES A DUS-KY MAID I LONG TO CALL MY OWN,
FOR, I KNOW MY LOVE FOR HER WILL NEV-ER DIE;
WHEN THE SUN AM SIN-KIN' IN DAT GOLD-EN WEST,
LIT-TLE ROB-IN RED BREAST GONE TO SEEK THEIR NESTS,
THEN I SNEAK DOWN TO DAT PLACE I LOVE THE BEST,
EV-'RY EV'N-ING THERE A-LONG I SIGH.

Verse 2

WHEN THE MOON COMES STEAL-ING UP BE-HIND THE HILL,
SAVE THE GEN-TLE CALL-ING OF THE WHIP-POOR-WILL,
THEN I LONG TO HOLD HER LIT-TLE HAND IN MINE;
THRO' THE TREES THE WINDS ARE SIGH-ING SOFT AND LOW,
SEEM TO COME AND WHIS-PER THAT YOUR LOVE IS TRUE,
COME AND BE MY OWN NOW, SWEET-HEART DO! OH DO!
THEN MY LIFE WILL SEEM ALPMOST DI-VINE.

Chorus

I-DA! SWEET AS AP-PLE CI-DER,
SWEET-ER THAN ALL I KNOW,
COME OUT! IN THE SILV-'RY MOON-LIGHT,
OF LOVE WE'LL WHIS-PER, SO SOFT AND LOW!
SEEMS THO' CAN'T LIVE WITH-OUT YOU,
LIS-TEN OH! HON-EY DO!
I-DA! I I-DO-LIZE YER,
I LOVE YOU I-DA, DEED I DO

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