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Jug Band and Skiffle Song Lyrics and Chords

L.R. Mole asked for the chords to Mysterious Mose. I have a recording of R. Crumb and the Cheap Serendaders singing it. The Heptune Web Site says that it was the Title Song in a Betty Boop Cartoon. Was that it's origin? Who else recorded it.

Mysterious Mose was the lead song in the third Betty Boop Cartoon by the Fliesher Brothers.

The Fleischer brothers believed that animation's great strength is that it frees filmmakers from the constraints of reality. They put this philosophy to work in Mysterious Mose, a funny, scary, spooky and absolutely surreal Betty Boop Talkartoon about a supernatural character, produced in 1930.

For a full discussion visit the Heptune Jazz Sight here:

Betty Boop's Mysterious Mose

The lyrics from this site, and the chords from the beginner Ukelele Yahoo Group are shown below.

Dm               Gm             A7                  Dm 
  There's a man of mystery that's roaming through the land, 
  A7
  Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh! 
  
  Dm               Gm           A7                  Dm
  Far and near you hear of him; he's found on every hand;
  A7 
  Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh! 
  
  Dm          C                Bb              Dm
  Every city, town and village knows of him by now!
                   A7             G7              C7 
  There's a way to recognize him; let me tell you how: 
  
  Dm                Gm            A7             Dm
  When your path at midnight dark by a graveyard goes, 
                        Gm
  And someone whistles, "Whoooooo!"
  A7                Dm 
  That's Mysterious Mose!
  
  Dm               Gm     A7                      Dm 
  On some dark and stormy night, while the tempest blows, 
                       Gm
  If someone whistles, "Whooooo!" 
  A7                Dm
  That's Mysterious Mose! 
  
     C7                      F
  He sees all, he knows all; he's just been everywhere; 
  D7                   A7       Gm      A7
  Some night, he might wait for you upon the stair! 
  
  Dm                   Gm               A7             Dm
  So when you're going down the cellar, walk upon your toes,
                 Gm 
  And if someone whistles, "Whooooo!" 
  A7                Gm
  That's Mysterious Mose! 
  
  Dm                  Gm    A7             Dm
  Everybody's talking of me everywhere you go, 
  A7
  Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh! 
  
  Dm          Gm        A7              Dm  
  Who I am or what I am nobody seems to know;
  A7 
  Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh! 
  
  Dm                C                Bb          Dm
  In the mountains, at the seashore, anywhere at all,
                    A7           G7              C7
                  Anytime of day or night you'll have to hear me call. 
  
  A7                Gm     
  That's Mysterious Mose!
  A7                Gm
  That's Mysterious Mose!

JAB

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