Sweet Roseanna
Words and Music collected by the Bright Light Quartette (Lawrence Hodge, Arnold Fisher, James Campbell, Robert Beane, Shedrick Cain), and Alan Lomax. © Copyright 1960, Ludlow Music, Inc.
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.
Chorus:
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.
(Pete Seeger spells the name "Rosyanne")
MIDI file: SWEETR~1.MID
Timebase: 192
Name: Sweet Roseanna
Text: By Bright Light Quartette and Alan Lomax
Copyright: Copyright © 1960, by Ludlow Music
Tempo: 160 (375000 microsec/crotchet)
TimeSig: 3/4 24 8
Start
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ABC format:
X:1
T:Sweet Roseanna
M:3/4
Q:1/4=160
K:C
G2G4|E2E4|E2E4|C2C4|E2E2E2|F4E2|E2D4|-D4D2|
D4C2|B,4G,2|A,2A,4|G,4G,G,|D4D2|E4D2|D2C4|
-C4c2|c4G2|G4E2|E4C2|C6|E2E2E2|F4E2|E2D4|
-D4B2|B4G2|G4F2|F4D2|D4G,G,|D4D2|E4D2|D2C4|
-C7/4||
Source: "Collected Reprints from Sing Out!" ^^