I Want To See My Tennessee 1924

by James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 31 Aug 2007
2004

I saw a bee the other day
buzzin' away on a rose.
A bee can be where he wants to be
and he can see what he wants to see,
I'd like to be a little bee,
happy and free; Goodness knows!
You'd see me make a beeline for
the place I want to see once more.

Gee! I wanna and I'm gonna
see my Tennessee;
Ne'er forgotten fields of cotton
beckon there to me.
I could lay for hours under the skies,
'mong the flowers and butterflies.
I know that when I see Tennessee
then I see Paradise!
If I had to, I'd be glad to
walk those weary miles,
just to be in Tennessee an'
see my sweetie's smiles.
TennE double S doubleE
is Tennessee to you, but Heaven to me!
Lordy gee I want to see my Tennessee!

Gee! I wanna and I'm gonna
see my Tennessee;
Ne'er forgotten fields of cotton
beckon there to me.
I could lay for hours under the skies,
'mong the flowers and butterflies.
I know that when I see Tennessee
then I see Paradise!
If I had to, I'd be glad to
walk those weary miles,
just to be in Tennessee an'
see my sweetie's smiles.
One! Two! Three! Four!
count up to ten
I'd count a million
just to be there again!
Lordy gee I want to see my Tennessee!

One I see the sun
that woke me up each morn;
Two I see the dew upon the waving corn;
Three a shady tree
Four a cabin door;
Five a honey hive, and wait!
I see some more

Six the little chicks
a peckin' on the ground;
seven I see Heaven
when I look around
Eight the golden gate
opens up for me;
Nine I see a sign; what's on it
Tennessee!

One! Two! Three! Four!
count up to ten
I'd count a million
just to be there again!
Lordy gee I want to see my Tennessee!

I met an aviator who
recently flew 'round the Globe.
In all his travels, he said to me,
he saw no country like Tennessee.
Gardens and meadows all around
cover the ground, like a robe.
Wait 'till you see it,
you'll know why
I keep a looking south, and cry:

Gee! I wanna and I'm gonna
see my Tennessee;
Ne'er forgotten fields of cotton
beckon there to me.
I could lay for hours under the skies,
'mong the flowers and butterflies.
I know that when I see Tennessee
then I see Paradise!
If I had to, I'd be glad to
walk those weary miles,
just to be in Tennessee an'
see my sweetie's smiles.
TennE double S doubleE
is Tennessee to you, but Heaven to me!
Lordy gee I want to see my Tennessee!

Gee! I wanna and I'm gonna
see my Tennessee;
Ne'er forgotten fields of cotton
beckon there to me.
I could lay for hours under the skies,
'mong the flowers and butterflies.
I know that when I see Tennessee
then I see Paradise!
If I had to, I'd be glad to
walk those weary miles,
just to be in Tennessee an'
see my sweetie's smiles.
One! Two! Three! Four!
count up to ten
I'd count a million
just to be there again!
Lordy gee I want to see my Tennessee!

One I see the sun
that woke me up each morn;
Two I see the dew upon the waving corn;
Three a shady tree
Four a cabin door;
Five a honey hive, and wait!
I see some more

Six the little chicks
a peckin' on the ground;
seven I see Heaven
when I look around
Eight the golden gate
opens up for me;
Nine I see a sign; what's on it
Tennessee!

One! Two! Three! Four!
count up to ten
I'd count a million
just to be there again!
Lordy gee I want to see my Tennessee!

Soft karaoke
Words
piano 1
piano 2
piano 3
piano 4
lyric
pizz str bass
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I Want To See My Tennessee 1924
Lyrics by Jack Yellen
Music by Milton Ager
© 1924 by Ager, Yellen & Bornstein Inc.  N.Y.C.
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sequence & karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Friday 31 August 2007 at 5.35pm
in association with Doug Grierson
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