SWEET ROSEANNA

Oh, Ro-se-anne, sweet Ro-se-anne,
Bye bye my Ro-se-an-na
I’m goin’ away, but not to stay,
And I won’t be home tomorrow.

cho: Bye bye, Bye bye, Bye bye, Bye bye,
Bye bye my Ro-se-an-na
Bye bye, Bye bye, Bye bye, Bye bye,
And I won’t be home tomorrow.

I thought I heard the captain say,
Bye bye my Ro-se-an-na
Don’t you want to go home on your next payday?
And I won’t be home tomorrow.

The steamboat’s comin’ round the bend.
Bye bye my Ro-se-an-na
A-loaded down with fishermen,
And I won’t be home tomorrow.

(verses below added by the Bright Light Quartet of Weems, Virginia)

Sweet, Ro-se-anne, sweet Ro-se-anne,
Bye bye my Ro-se-an-na
I thought I heard my baby say
I won’t be home tomorrow.

Sweet, Ro-se-anne, my darlin’ child
Bye bye my Ro-se-an-na
Sweet, Ro-se-anne, my darlin’ child
And I won’t be home tomorrow.

The steamboat’s comin’ round the bend.
Bye bye my Ro-se-an-na
It’s loaded down with harvest men,
I won’t be home tomorrow.

Don’t you want to go home on your next payday?
Bye bye my Ro-se-an-na
Don’t you want to go home on your next payday?
And I won’t be home tomorrow.

I’m goin’ away, but not to stay
Bye bye my Ro-se-an-na
I’m goin’ away, but not to stay
But I won’t be home tomorrow.

Words and Music collected by the Bright Light Quartette (Lawrence Hodge, Arnold
Fisher, James Campbell, Robert Beane, Shedrick Cain), and Alan Lomax. © Copyrigh
t 1960, Ludlow Music, Inc.

(Pete Seeger spells the name "Rosyanne")
Source: Collected Reprints from "Sing Out!"

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