The Missouri Waltz

THE MISSOURI WALTZ
By: J.R.Shannon & John V. Eppel
Missouri State Song
Eddy Arnold, Johnny Cash
Key: F 
Time: 3/4

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Hush a-bye ma ba-by
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Slum-ber time is com-in’ soon
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Rest yo’ head up-on my breast
  3*  -3  3*  -3  3  -2
While mam-my hums a tune
 2   -1  -2  3   -2  -1
The sand-man is call-in' 
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Where sha-dows are fall-in'
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While the soft breez-es sigh
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As in days long gone by
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Way down in Mis-sou-ri
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Where I heard this mel-o-dy
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When I was a hap-py young-ster
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On ma mam-my's knee
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The young folks were hum-min’
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Their ban-joes were strum-min’
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So sweet and low

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Strum strum strum strum strum
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Seems I hear those ban-jos
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Play-in' once a-gain
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Hum hum hum hum hum
-1 2  -2  -2    2    2     -1
That same old plain-tive strain
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Hear that mourn-ful mel-o-dy
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It just haunts you the whole day long
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And you wan-der in dreams
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Back to Dix-ie it seems
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When you hear that old time song