[Dixielandjazz] Avalon -- the verse - little fishies or "flyingfishies"?

David W. Littlefield dwlit at cpcug.org
Fri Jul 15 12:44:14 PDT 2005


Here's what's in Anderson's verse supplement. Orig. key is G. I'm in
process of upgrading some sheets of "Dixieland FB", so I'll have lead
sheets in F and G tomorrow.
--Sheik
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Avalon
Verse:
Ev-/ry/   morning mem'ries   stray///   |across the
Sea,/ where/    flying fishes   play.///   /|||
|And as the   night is fall-/ing,   |I find that   I'm recall-/ing
|That  blissful   all enthrall-/ing   day.///   /// (I)
Chorus:
(I) Found/ my/   love/ in/    Avalon/   //be-/
Side///   //the/   bay.///   // I/ 
Left/ my/   love/ in/   Avalon/   //and/
Sailed///   //a-/   way.///   // I/
------------------------
Dream/ of/   her/ and/   Avalon/   // from/
Dusk///   //til/   dawn.///   /| And/
So/ I/   think/ I'll/   travel on,/   /| to/
A-///   va-///   lon.///   ///|   
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At 01:15 PM 07/15/05 -0400, Ric Giorgi wrote:
>Instead of "little fishies", I have "flying fishies". 
>Anybody know which is the original?
>Ric Giorgi
>
>>-----Original Message-----
From: "Judi Erickson" <heartsjazz at charter.net>
>>> Date: Fri Jul 15, 2005  08:40:44 AM US/Central
>>> To: "Charlie Hooks" <charliehooks2 at earthlink.net>
>>> Subject: RE: [Dixielandjazz] Avalon -- the verse?
>>>
>>> Charlie,  I would love to, but I don't have a lead sheet for the
>>> verse... I
>>> would just do it acapella until the band got it.  I am sorry
>>> I can, though put the words down...   and here they are:
>>>
>>> Every Morning Memories Stray
>>> Across the sea where little fishies play
>>> And as the night is falling  [drummer usually does a "fall down"]
>>> I find that I'm recalling
>>> That blissful all enthralling day....




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