Ferry Boat Serenade

by The Andrew Sisters, Kay Kaiser · 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

FERRY-BOAT SERENADE (La “Piccinina”)
W: Harold Adamson, M. Panzeri
M: E. Di Lazzaro
The Andrew Sisters, Kay Kaiser
Key: C

3 -2*  3  -2*   3  -4  -3
I love to ride the fer-ry
 -2   2  -2  2  -2 -3  3
Where mu-sic is so mer-ry
   2    3  4   4    4    4   4   3  -2 -1
There's a man who plays the con-cer-ti-na
-1 -2   -4  -4  -4 -4   -4  3 2  1
On the moon-lit up-per deck a-re-na
  3    -2*  3   -2*   3   -4  -3
While boys and girls are danc-ing
 -2     2     -2    2  -2  -3   3
While sweet-hearts are ro-manc-ing
 -2  3   3*  3 -2  2   -2
Life is like a Mar-di-Gras
2  -2 3  3*  3  3* -3* 4
Fu-ni-cu-li, fu-ni-cu-la
-2  3   3  3   -2   3   -1  -2
Hap-py, as we cling to-geth-er
-1* 3   3  3   -1* 3   1  -1*
Hap-py, as we sing to-geth-er
-1  3    3   3 -2  3   -2  -1* -1  1
Hap-py, with a fer-ry boat ser-e-nade

Play on a harmonica— watch which holes to blow & draw, with sound