ZELMA LEE

(Arr. Jimmy Driftwood)

(D) There’s a cosy little cottage
Where the morning glories clamber
And the ivy vines are creeping ‘round the (A7) door
Where the (D) fairest flowers are springing
And the wild bird’s notes are ringing
As they echo through the (A7) woodland o’er and (D) o’er

(D7) And within (G) that little cottage dwells
(D) A maiden pure and true
With (A7) hair of sunny (D) golden and lips a rosy (A7) hue
And her (D) arms are ‘round me twining
While the (G) stars are softly (D) shining
As she whispers I will (A7) love none else but (D) you

And her voice is sweet and tender
As the moonlight on the sea
Her brown eyes softly beaming are filled with love for me
And my happy heart is beating
While the rosy hours are fleeting
As I sit beside my darling Zelma Lee

Chorus:
(D) Zelma (G) Lee, Zelma (D) Lee
As I sit beside my darling Zelma (A7) Lee
And my (D) happy heart is beating
While the (G) rosy hours are (D) fleeting
As I sit beside my (A7) darling Zelma (D) Lee

Like a winsome little fairy
With he step so light and airy
‘Round the cottage she is flitting all the day
And the music of her singing
Like the wild bird’s notes are ringing
As it echoes in the woodland far away

And her voice is sweet and tender
As the moonlight on the sea
Her brown eyes softly beaming are filled with love for me
And my happy heart is beating
While the rosy hours are fleeting
As I sit beside my darling Zelma Lee

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When the nightly dew is falling
And the mockingbird is calling
Then we often stroll together on the shore
Where the silvery waters glisten
And the wavelets seem to listen
To our vows so oft’ repeated o’er and o’er

Then my Darling softly tells me
In her sweet and winning tone
With summer I may claim her forever as my own
And I whisper that I love her
As the moonbeams seem to hover
With a blessing that is meant for us alone

And her voice is sweet and tender
As the moonlight on the sea
Her brown eyes softly beaming are filled with love for me
And my happy heart is beating
While the rosy hours are fleeting
As I sit beside my darling Zelma Lee

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