[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
"Dixieland Fake Book VOL. 2" is now available.
http://americanmusiccaravan.com
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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/
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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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