The Barnyard Song (chromatic)

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+: Blow note
−: Draw note
b or ': Half-step bend
bb or '': Two half-step bend
bbb or ''': Three half-step bend
(###): Chord — relevant hole numbers in parentheses
< or *: Push the button in (chromatic harmonica)

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THE BARNYARD SONG (I Had A Rooster)
By: Peter & Ellen Allard
Children’s song
Key: C
Time: 3/4

1  2 -3   3   2    1   1    2   2     2    2
I had a roost-er, and the roost-er pleased me
-1 1 2 -3   3   2  1  1  -1   -1  -1  -1  
I fed  my roost-er on a green ber-ry tree
 1  1 2 -3    3   2   1     -2  3 -3  -4   4
The lit-tle roost-er went “Cock-a-doo-dle doo
-5   6  -5   4  -3   4  -3  -2   2  -1  1
Dee-doo-dle-dee doo-dle-dee doo-dle-dee-do

I had a dog, my dog pleased me,
I fed my dog 'neath the greenberry tree.
My little doggie went, "Ruff, ruff."
My little rooster went, "Cock-a-doo-dle doo,
Dee doo-dle-ee doo-dle-ee, doodle-ee do."
I had a kitty, my kitty pleased me,
I fed my kitty 'neath the greenberry tree.
My little kitty went, "Meow, meow."
My little doggie went, "Ruff, ruff."
My little rooster went, "Cock-a-doo-dle doo,
Dee doo-dle-ee doo-dle-ee, doodle-ee do."
I had a cow, my cow pleased me,
I fed my cow 'neath the greenberry tree.
My big old bossy cow went, "Moo, moo."
My little kitty went, "Meow, meow."
My little doggie went, "Ruff, ruff."
My little rooster went, "Cock-a-doo-dle doo,
Dee doo-dle-ee doo-dle-ee, doodle-ee do."
I had a sheep, my sheep pleased me,
I fed my sheep 'neath the greenberry tree.
My woolly sheep went, "Baa, baa."
My big old bossy cow went, "Moo, moo."
My little kitty went, "Meow, meow."
My little doggie went, "Ruff, ruff."
My little rooster went, "Cock-a-doo-dle doo,
Dee doo-dle-ee doo-dle-ee, doodle-ee do."

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