The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #43857   Message #642676
Posted By: Suffet
04-Feb-02 - 11:30 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Sally Ann (Clarence Ashley version)
Subject: Lyr Add: SALLY ANN
Here's how I do it. Old-timey banjo, C tuning.


SALLY ANN
Traditional
Third verse by Stephen L. Suffet © 1971, 2002

Ever see a muskrat, Sally Ann,
Draggin' his thick tail through the sand,
Pickin' a banjo, kickin' up sand?
I'm gonna marry you, Sally Ann.

I'm gonna marry you, Sal gal,
I'm gonna marry you, Sally Ann.
I'm gonna marry you, Sal gal,
I'm gonna marry you, Sally Ann.

Make my livin' in sandy land,
Make my livin' in sandy land,
Make my livin' in sandy land,
Raise them taters, Sally Ann.

I'm gonna marry you, Sal gal,
I'm gonna marry you, Sally Ann.
I'm gonna marry you, Sal gal,
I'm gonna marry you, Sally Ann.

Gonna raise ten children, Sally Ann,
Raise 'em up as fast as we can,
Raise ten children, Sally Ann,
Show the world I'm a natural man.


I'm gonna marry you, Sal gal,
I'm gonna marry you, Sally Ann.
I'm gonna marry you, Sal gal,
I'm gonna marry you, Sally Ann.

So, y'ever see a muskrat, Sally Ann,
Draggin' his thick tail through the sand,
Pickin' a banjo, kickin' up sand?
I'm gonna marry you, Sally Ann.

I'm gonna marry you, Sal gal,
I'm gonna marry you, Sally Ann.
I'm gonna marry you, Sal gal,
I'm gonna marry you, Sally Ann.


---- Steve