Lyrics for Some of the Songs in Popular 8 Note Songs
Many of the lyrics for the songs in Popular 8 Note Songs are included in the book. Below are the words to several more of the songs. These lyrics will be included in the book when we update the second edition this fall.
A few of the songs in the book have no official lyrics. You can look up the various lyrics for Cripple Creek, Arkansas Traveler, The Can Can, Ode to Joy and The William Tell Overture online and choose your favorite!
The slash break in the words indicates a new line of music on the song patterns.
I’m a Little Tea Pot
I'm a little teapot, short and stout /Here is my handle. Here is my spout. /
When I get all steamed up, hear me shout / Tip me over and pour me out.
Oh, Susanna
For this version, Play Lines 1 and 2. Then play Lines 1, 2, and 3. Then play line 2.
I come from Alabama with my banjo on my knee,
I'm / going to Louisiana, my true love for to see. /
It rained all night the day I left, the weather it was dry
The / sun so hot I froze to death, Susanna, don't you cry. /
Oh! Susanna, Oh don't you cry for me,
I / come from Alabama with my banjo on my knee.
On Top of Old Smokey
On top of old smokey all / covered with snow
I lost my true / lover for courting too slow
For courting's a pleasure and / parting's a grief
And a false hearted / lover is worse than a thief.
Reveille
I can't get 'em up, I can't get 'em up, I can't get 'em up this morning;
I / can't get 'em up, I can't get 'em up, I can't get 'em up at all!
The / corporal's worse than the privates, The sergeant's worse than the corporals,
Lieu / tenant's worse than the sergeants, And the captain's worst of all!
He’s a Jolly Good Fellow
He's a jolly good fellow, for he's a / jolly good fellow
For he's a jolly good / fellow, which nobody can deny /
Nobody can deny, Nobody can deny /
He's a jolly good fellow, for he's a / jolly good fellow
For he's a jolly good / fellow, which nobody can deny.
A few of the songs in the book have no official lyrics. You can look up the various lyrics for Cripple Creek, Arkansas Traveler, The Can Can, Ode to Joy and The William Tell Overture online and choose your favorite!
The slash break in the words indicates a new line of music on the song patterns.
I’m a Little Tea Pot
I'm a little teapot, short and stout /Here is my handle. Here is my spout. /
When I get all steamed up, hear me shout / Tip me over and pour me out.
Oh, Susanna
For this version, Play Lines 1 and 2. Then play Lines 1, 2, and 3. Then play line 2.
I come from Alabama with my banjo on my knee,
I'm / going to Louisiana, my true love for to see. /
It rained all night the day I left, the weather it was dry
The / sun so hot I froze to death, Susanna, don't you cry. /
Oh! Susanna, Oh don't you cry for me,
I / come from Alabama with my banjo on my knee.
On Top of Old Smokey
On top of old smokey all / covered with snow
I lost my true / lover for courting too slow
For courting's a pleasure and / parting's a grief
And a false hearted / lover is worse than a thief.
Reveille
I can't get 'em up, I can't get 'em up, I can't get 'em up this morning;
I / can't get 'em up, I can't get 'em up, I can't get 'em up at all!
The / corporal's worse than the privates, The sergeant's worse than the corporals,
Lieu / tenant's worse than the sergeants, And the captain's worst of all!
He’s a Jolly Good Fellow
He's a jolly good fellow, for he's a / jolly good fellow
For he's a jolly good / fellow, which nobody can deny /
Nobody can deny, Nobody can deny /
He's a jolly good fellow, for he's a / jolly good fellow
For he's a jolly good / fellow, which nobody can deny.