Little Girl and the Dreadful Snake

Little Girl And The Dreadful Snake Albert Price INTRO: / 1 2 3 / 1 2 3 / [D] / [D]

Our darling [D] wandered far away, while [G] she was out at [D] play Lost in the [D] woods, she couldn't hear a [A7] sound [A7] She [D] was our darling girl, the sweetest [G] thing, in all the [D] world We searched for [D] her, but she [A7] couldn't be [D] found [D]

CHORUS: I heard the [D] screams of our little girl far, far away Hurry [D] Daddy, there's an awful dreadful [A7] snake [A7] I ran as [D] fast, as I could, through the [G] dark and dreary [D] wood But I [D] reached our darling [A7] girl, too [D] late [D]

Oh [D] I began to sigh I knew that [G] soon she'd have to [D] die For the [D] snake was warning me close [A7] by [A7] I held her [D] close to my face, she said [G] daddy kill that [D] snake It's getting [D] dark, tell [A7] Mommy good-[D]bye [D]

CHORUS: I heard the [D] screams of our little girl far, far away Hurry [D] Daddy, there's an awful dreadful [A7] snake [A7] I ran as [D] fast, as I could, through the [G] dark and dreary [D] wood But I [D] reached our darling [A7] girl, too [D] late [D]

To all [D] parents I must say, don't let your [G] children stray a-[D]way They need your [D] love, to guide, them a-[A7]long [A7] Oh [D] God, I pray we'll see our darling [G] girl some [D] day It seems I [D] still hear her [A7] voice around our [D] home [D]

CHORUS: I heard the [D] screams of our little girl far, far away Hurry [D] Daddy, there's an awful dreadful [A7] snake [A7] I ran as [D] fast, as I could, through the [G] dark and dreary [D] wood But I [D] reached our darling [A7] girl, too [D] late

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