Key: E major
Verse 1
E
A
Way down upon the Smalley River,
E
B
Far, far away,
A
E
turning ever,
B
E
There's where the old folks stay.
All up and down the whole creation,
A
E
B
sadly I roam,
E
A
still longing for the old plantation
E
B
E
and for the old folks at home.
B
E
All the well and sad and weary,
A
E
everywhere I roam,
A
E
Oh, dearies, how my heart grows weary,
B
E
Far from the old folks at home.
C
G
C
All round the little farm
F
C
G
I wandered when I was young.
C
G
C
F
Then many happy days I squandered,
C
G
C
many the songs I sung.
G
C
F
When I was playing with my brother,
C
Em
G
Happy was I.
C
G
C
F
Oh, take me to my kind old mother.
C
G
C
There let me live and die.
G
B
C
F
C
G
All the world lands sad and dreary,
C
G
C
F
Oh, deary, how my heart grows weary,
C
G
C
Em
Far from the old folks at home.
C
E
A
One little hut among the bushes,
E
B
one that I love.
E
D#
E
A
E
Still, sadly, to my memory rushes,
E
B
E
D#
E
A
When will I see the bees a -hum
E
D#
E
B
ming all round the cove?
E
D#
When will I hear the banjo
B
D#
E
in my good old home?
B
B
All the world, and sad and dreary,
A
B
may we ne 'er iron.
G
E
Oh, weary how my heart will be,
Far from thee,
O folks at home.
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TunerE A D G B E
ChordsE A B C G...
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