<Pine.3.87.9402280748.C15173-0100000@acs5.acs.ucalgary.ca> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII THE ROSEVILLE FAIR Time: 4/4 Key: D Bass: A-C - Bill Staines, 1978 - Record: Bill Staines, If I Were A Word / The First Million Miles - Record: Schooner Fare, Signs of Home - Source: New Folk Favorites, page 86 (D) / Rise Up Singing, page 1E7 (D)

^D.. Oh the night was

clear,

.. and the ^Gstars were ^Dshining ^D.. And the moon came ^Gup_^A__,

.. so quiet in the ^Dsky ^D.. All the people gathered '

round,

.. and the ^Gband was a-^Dtuning ^D.. I can hear them ^Gnow_^A__,

.. playing "Coming Through^D the Rye"

^D.. You were dressed in

blue,

.. and you ^Glooked so ^Dlovely ^D.. Just a gentle ^Gflower_^A__,

.. of a small-town ^Dgirl ^D.. You took my

hand,

.. and we ^Gstepped to the ^Dmusic ^D.. With a single ^Gsmile_^A__,

.. you became my ^Dworld

CHORUS:

^D.. And we danced all ^Anight_^D__, ^Em.. to the ^Afiddle and the ^Dbanjo ^A.. Their drifting ^Gtunes, ^A.. seemed to fill the ^Dair ^D.. So long a^Ago_^D__, ^Em.. but I ^Astill re-^Dmember ^A.. When we fell in ^Glove, ^A.. at the Roseville ^DFair

Now we courted well, and we courted dearly And we'd rock for hours, on the front-porch chair Then a year went by, from the time that I met you And I made you mine, at the Roseville Fair So here's a song, for all of the lovers And here's a tune, that they can share May they dance all night, to the fiddle and the banjo The way we did, at the Roseville Fair REPEAT LAST TWO LINES OF VERSE TO END (NO FINAL CHORUS) NOTES: - "*" in the chord line represents a new bar, play same chord - "." in the lyric line represents a 1/8 note rest - Rise Up Singing has simpler chords --------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Barrie McCombs, MD, CCFP(EM) | Family Physician by Day | | bmccombs@acs.ucalgary.ca | Folk Musician by Night | | Voice: (403) 220-8551 | | | Fax: (403) 270-2330 | "Semper Ubi, Sub Ubi" | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Bill Staines - The roseville fair