The Animal Fair (12th pos)

by 19th C. minstrel song · 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)

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Tab

THE ANIMAL FAIR 12th pos
19th C. minstrel song
Key: C
Time: 6/8
Harp: G

-3”4   4   4  -4 -4 -3” 4
-6 7   7   7  -8 -8 -6  7
I went to the an-i-mal fair

-3” -3”   4    4   4    -4    -3”   4
-6  -6    7    7   7    -8    -6    7
All the birds and the beasts were there

-5   5  5   5    5   5    5   5   5   5
-9   8  8   8    8   8    8   8   8   8 
The big ba-boon, by the light of the moon

-4   4    4   4  -4  -3”  4
-8   7    7   7  -8  -6   7
Was comb-ing his au-burn hair

-3”  4   4  -4 -3”   4
-6   7   7  -8 -6    7
The mon-key he got drunk

-3”   4    4   4  -4 -4  -3”     4
-6    7    7   7  -8 -8  -6      7
He climbed up the el-e-phant’s trunk

-5  5  5   5      5
-9  8  8   8      8
The el-e-phant sneezed 

 5    5  5   5    5 
 8    8  8   8    8
And fell on his knees

-4   4    4   4   4  -4  5
-8   7    7   7   7  -8  8
And that was the end of the

 -5   -2”  -2”  -2”  -2”  -2”  -2”
 -9   -5   -5   -5   -5   -5   -5
Monk, the monk, the monk, the monk

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