Curly Top's Birthday

by Dedicated to Shirley Temple · posted by WaltP

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How to read this tab — notation key

+: 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)

Full reference and posting tips in the tab guide.

Tab

CURLY TOP’S BIRTHDAY
W: Sidney D. Mitchell
M: Lew Pollack
Dedicated to Shirley Temple
Key: C

 5    -5   3    3 
Blow your whis-tles
 1   -1  2   3  -4    -3    3
This is Curl-y Top’s birth-day
1   -1  2   3  -3* -5
Ev-‘ry girl-ie and boy
 -3   5  3 -4
Will get a toy
-2   -3  -2  2  3   3   3
And lots of can-dy and cake
  5    -5   3   3
Shake your rat-tles
   1    -1   2   3  -4    -3    3
‘Cause it’s Curl-y Top’s birth-day
 1  -1  2   3 -3* -5
With a hop and a skip
 -3     4    3   -4
We’ll board and ship
-2 -3  3  -3  4   4   4
Up-on the lem-on-ade lake
-5   5   -4  -3 -4 4  3
Old Cap-tain Jan-u-ar-y
 -3   -4   -2  -2   -4  -3
Will smile and wel-come you
 -5    5   -4   3*   -4   4  3   3 
He’ll sail the Good Ship Lol-li-pop
-3  -4  -4  4  -3   -5
And we will be the crew
 5   -5   3   3 
Beat the tin pans
 1   -1  2  3   -3*   -5    4
This is Curl-y Top’s birth-day
 1   -1   -2  3   3*  -5
From the ends of the earth
-3 4  -3  -4    3  -5  5
A hap-py birth-day to you

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