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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!" @love filename[ ROSYANNA JRO apr01 |
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