Camptown Races (Stephen Foster, 1850)

D D The camptown ladies sing this song Old muley cow came on to the track A7 A7 Doo da doo da Doo dah doo dah D D The Camptown racetrack five miles long The bob-tailed throwed her over his back A7 D A7 D Oh de doo da day Oh de doo dah day D D Went there with my hat caved in They fly along like a railroad car A7 A7 Doo da doo da Doo dah doo dah D D Came back with a pocket full of tin Running a race with a shooting star A7 D A7 D 3 1 Oh de doo da day Oh de doo dah day

D G D D G D Goin’ to run all night, goin’ to run all day Goin’ to run all night, goin’ to run all day D D Bet my money on the bob-tailed nag Bet my money on the bob-tailed nag A7 D

A7 D Chorus Chorus Somebody bet on the gray Somebody bet on the gray

D D The long tailed filly and the big black horse See them flying on a ten mile heat A7 A7 Doo da doo da Doo da doo da D D They fly the track, they both cut across Round the race track then repeat A7 D A7 D Oh de doo da day Oh de doo da day D D The black horse stuck in a big mud hole I win my money on the bob-tailed nag A7 A7 Doo da doo da Doo da doo da D D Can’t touch the bottom with a ten foot pole I keep my money in an old tow-bag A7 D A7 D 4 2 Oh de doo da day Oh de doo da day

D G D D G D Goin’ to run all night, goin’ to run all day Goin’ to run all night, goin’ to run all day D D Bet my money on the bob-tailed nag Bet my money on the bob-tailed nag A7 D

A7 D Chorus Chorus Somebody bet on the gray Somebody bet on the gray

A7 D G • ••• •• Chords •

Stephen Foster Songs p. 01 Hard Times Come Again No More (Stephen Foster, 1854)

.0 tpe otrSongs Foster Stephen 02 p. C C7 F C C F C Let us pause in life’s pleasures and count its many tears Tis the song, the sigh of the weary F C G G7 C Csus4 C C F C D7 G While we all sup sorrow with the poor Hard times, hard times come again no more C C7 F C C C7 F C There’s a song that will linger forever in our ears Many days you have lingered around my cabin door F C G G7 C Csus4 C F C G G7 C Csus4 C Chorus 1 Oh hard times, come again no more Oh hard times, come again no more

C F C C C7 F C Tis the song, the sigh of the weary Tis a sigh that is wafted across the troubled wave C F C D7 G F C G G7 C Csus4 C Hard times, hard times come again no more Tis a wail that is heard upon the shore C C7 F C C C7 F C Many days you have lingered around my cabin door Tis a dirge that is murmured around the lowly grave F C G G7 C Csus4 C F C G G7 C Csus4 C Chorus Oh hard times, come again no more 4 Oh hard times, come again no more

C C7 F C C F C While we seek mirth and beauty and music light and gay Tis the song, the sigh of the weary F C G G7 C Csus4 C C F C D7 G There are frail forms fainting at the door Hard times, hard times come again no more

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Though their voices are silent, their pleading looks will say × Many days you have lingered around my cabin door F C G G7 C Csus4 C F C G G7 C Csus4 C 2 Oh hard times, come again no more Oh hard times, come again no more F C G G7 C Csus4 C C C7 F C Ending ( Oh hard times, come again no more There’s a pale drooping maiden who toils her life away F C G G7 C Csus4 C C C7 Csus4 D7 With a worn out heart, whose better days are o’er • • C C7 F C •••• Though her voice it would be merry, ’tis sighing all the day • • • F C G G7 C Csus4 C 3 Oh hard times, come again no more F G G7 • • • •• •• Chords • Old Folks At Home (Swanee River) (Stephen Foster, 1851) tpe otrSnsp 03 p. Songs Foster Stephen Chords 4 3 Chorus 2 1 a rmthe from Far my how Lordy, Oh, I Everywhere the All F F B F n o the for And the for longing Still the where That’s hnmn ap asI days happy many Then was I When little the ’round All I Sadly the down and up All is heart my where That’s far Far, the upon down Way hr e me let There my to me take Oh, was Happy playing was I When the Many F F F F F F F F F F F F F F F F • • • • • [ (2) (1) (1) (2) (1) (2) (1) (2) (1) (2) (1) (1) (2) (1) (2) (1) (2) (1) (2) • B [ ol ssdand sad is world C7 roam C7 away C7 og I songs C7 I C7 l ok at folks old young C7 C7 l ok at folks old roam C7 F ieand live C7 (1) l folks old sung C7 F C7 C7 er rw weary grows heart B idodmother old kind amIwandered I farm (1) l plantation old B B ihm brother my with B B wneRiver Swanee [ hl creation whole B [ [ B [ [ die [ • F [ dreary (1) home F F home F squandered B unn ever turning (2) B (1) [ stay (1) [ F (1) • F • (1) 1 Chorus 6 5 Chorus vrweeI Everywhere a rmthe from Far my how Lordy, Oh, vrweeI Everywhere a rmthe from Far my how Lordy, Oh, l the All l the All F B F F F B F F onb my by Down the hear I shall When the ’round All the see I shall When hut little One n htI that One htsweethe where That’s is heart my where That’s far Far, the upon down Way matter No mem’ry my to sadly Still F F F F F F F F F F F F [ [ (1) (1) (2) (1) (2) (1) (2) (1) (2) (1) (1) (2) (2) (1) (2) (1) (2) (1) ol ssdand sad is world ol ssdand sad is world C7 C7 • • • • away C7 F hr I where love C7 C7 l ok at folks old l ok at folks old • roam roam C7 C7 odold good F F C7 mn h bushes the among (2) B comb 5 C7 (1) (1) [ l folks old C7 C7 C7 rove F er rw weary grows heart er rw weary grows heart B B wneRiver Swanee [ [ esahumming a bees B (1) aj strumming banjo B B [ [ [ home F dreary dreary F F (1) home home F F rushes B unn ever turning (2) (2) B [ stay (1) (1) [ F (1) Nelly Bly (Stephen Foster, 1850)

C C C Nelly Bly, Nelly Bly Nelly Bly shuts her eye C G7 G7 Bring the broom along When she goes to sleep • C F C F We’ll sweep the kitchen clean my dear When she wakes up again G7 C G7 C And have a little song Her eyeballs ’gin to peep F C C Poke the wood my lady love The way she walks she lifts her foot • C G7 G7 • And make the fire burn And then she brings it down C F C F And while I take the banjo down And when it lights there’s music G7 C G7 C 1 Give the mush a turn 3 In that part of the town G7 • C F C F •• Hey Nelly, ho Nelly Hey Nelly, ho Nelly Chords 2) G7 2) G7 × ( Listen love to me × C F ( Listen love to me C F I’ll sing for you, play for you I’ll sing for you, play for you G7 C

Chorus G7 C A dulcet melody Chorus A dulcet melody

C C Nelly Bly has a voice Nelly Bly, Nelly Bly C G7 Like a turtle dove C G7 C F Never never sigh I hear it in the meadow C F G7 C Never bring a tear drop And I hear it in the grove G7 C C To the corner of your eye Nelly Bly has a heart warm C C G7 For the pie is made of pumpkins As a cup of tea C G7 C F And the mush is made of corn And bigger than the sweet potatoe C F G7 C And there’s corn and pumpkins plenty 2 Down in Tennessee G7 C 4 Love a lying in the barn

C F Hey Nelly, ho Nelly C F

2) G7 Hey Nelly, ho Nelly 2) × G7 ( Listen love to me ×

C F ( Listen love to me I’ll sing for you, play for you C F G7 C I’ll sing for you, play for you Chorus A dulcet melody G7 C Chorus A dulcet melody

p. 04 Stephen Foster Songs Oh Susanna (Stephen Foster, 1848) tpe otrSnsp 05 p. Songs Foster Stephen Chords Chorus 2 Chorus 1 ihabanjo a With I For Oh Susanna Oh banjo a With I For Oh Susanna Oh B B Susanna The The Susanna I I The five killed And It The tra And telegraph the aboard jumped I love true My I’m a With Alabama from came I F F • • • • • [ [ htm yst odm breath my hold to eyes my shut I’d thought really F G7 • andalngttedyIleft I day the night all rained F B o’ you don’t you don’t F F on oLouisiana to going [ F u ohtIfoet death to froze I hot so sun ete twas it weather ulgi’bs,tehrernoff run horse the bust, goin’ bull magnified fluid lectric F G7 F F oefo Alabama from come Alabama from come F F aj nmy on banjo ee onteri the down veled G7 G7 o’ you don’t o’ you don’t C7 C7 o to for nmy on my on r for cry for cry C7 C7 C7 G7 G7 hundred C7 cry cry die C7 F F C7 see dry F C7 knee knee F F knee me me C7 C7 C7 • men F ver C7 • F •

Chorus (× 2) 4 Chorus 3 o I For Oh Susanna Oh ihabanjo a With B Susanna Says A A I night When other the dream a had I coming A ’lfall I’ll And I’ll then Orleans And New in be will soon I hnIwill I her Then find not do I if But And Susanna o I For Oh Susanna Oh ihabanjo a With F F B [ huh a Susanna saw I thought [ F erwsi her in was tear mouth her in was cake buckwheat G7 F o’ you don’t F o’ you don’t F hnIfidSusanna find I when hnImda n buried and dead I’m when • • F F oefo Alabama from come Imcmn rmteSouth the from coming “I’m I F F G7 oefo Alabama from come F vrtigwas everything • G7 pnthe upon C7 o’ you don’t o’ you don’t C7 C7 onthe down C7 surely G7 okall look G7 nmy on r for cry C7 G7 nmy on r for cry C7 G7 ground F eye die C7 C7 cry” cry F F hill F knee F me knee C7 round F me C7 C7 still C7 Beautiful Dreamer (Stephen Foster, 1864)

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C Dm Am C Beautiful dreamer, wake unto me G7 C • Starlight and dewdrops are waiting for thee • C Dm Sounds of the rude world heard in the day G7 C Lull’d by the moonlight, have all pass’d away G7 C Beautiful dreamer, queen of my song Dm D7 Am D7 G7 • List while I woo thee with soft melody •• •••• C Dm • Gone are the cares of life’s busy throng G7 C E7 Am Beautiful dreamer, awake unto me F C G7 C 1 Beautiful dreamer, awake unto me E7 F • • Instrumental break (or just hum and strum) •• •

C Dm Beautiful dreamer, out on the sea G7 C Mermaids are chanting the wild Lorelei C Dm G7 Over the streamlet vapors are borne • G7 C •• Waiting to fade at the bright coming morn Chords G7 C Beautiful dreamer, beam on my heart Am D7 G7 E’en as the morn’ on the streamlet and sea C Dm Then will all clouds of sorrow depart G7 C E7 Am Beautiful dreamer, awake unto me F C G7 C 2 Beautiful dreamer, awake unto me

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