Bayou Baby (Cajun Lullaby)
by Merle Travis · posted by harmusman
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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.
Bayou Baby (A Cajun Lullaby).................
Key Eb 4/4 time
-4 6 6~~ 6 7 -8~~8 -8 7< 6<
//:The sci-sor-tail/roost on-a/tel-e-phone/
-5 -7<~~~~ -7< 7<~~6< -5 8~~~~
Pole when the/eve-nin’-is/old and the/
8 -8~~ 7 6 -4 6 6~~~ 6
Storm-y- clouds/roll then/I’ve got- me/
7 -8~~ 8 -8 7< 6< -5 -8~~~~
Plen-ty- of/fish-in- to/do but to-/
-8 8~~~ -8 7< 7~~~ 6< 6~~~~~~ -9<
mor-row- I’ll/come back- to/you--/-- oh//
Refrain;
-9<-9~~ -9 -9 8~~ 8 8 8 7< 6<
Bye Oh- my/ba-by- on the/bay-ou- to/
-5 -9 -9 8~~ 8 8 -8~~ -8 8 -8~~ 7
night oh/bye Oh- my/ba-by my/che-rie-sleep/
6 8 8 -8~~-8 -8 7<~~ 7
tight and/dream of- to/mor-row- when/
-8 7<~~ 6< -5 -8 -8 8~~~ -8
fish-in’- is/thro’ I’ll/fly o’er- the/
7< 7~~~6< 6~~~~~~~~
bay-ou- to/you---/-- ://
v2
The old horned owl in the pinewoods may yell
Don’t worry my belle my sweet mamzelle
Soon ev’ry thing’s gonna be tres bon you see
Tomorrow for you and for me
v3
I’ll bring plenty red fish to make a fine stew
So tell your mama she’ll know what to do
We’ll have fillet gumbo and drink lots of wine
To us eve’ry thing will be fine
Harmusman