Tennessee Tessie 1917

by James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 2 Nov 2007
2007

In Tennessee lives a charming maiden,
she's all the world to me,
and truest blue is she;
with love my heart is overladen,
for she has promised me,
that soon my bride she'll be;
When the moon is shining high,
'tis then you'll hear me cry:

Tennessee, Tennessee Tessie,
my love for you,
you can guessie,
my heart is aching,
don't keep me waiting,
sweetly the birds are singing,
soon wedding bells
will be ringing,
Happy we'll be,
just you and me
Tennessee, Tennessee Tess.

Tennessee, Tennessee Tessie,
my love for you,
you can guessie,
my heart is aching,
don't keep me waiting,
sweetly the birds are singing,
soon wedding bells
will be ringing,
Happy we'll be,
just you and me
Tennessee, Tennessee Tess.

In Tennessee wedding bells are chiming,
my heart no more will pine,
for she is mine, all mine.
With happiness two hearts are rhyming
and still we bill and coo
as oft we used to do;
and through the whole day long,
to her I sing this song:

Tennessee, Tennessee Tessie,
my love for you,
you can guessie,
my heart is aching,
don't keep me waiting,
sweetly the birds are singing,
soon wedding bells
will be ringing,
Happy we'll be,
just you and me
Tennessee, Tennessee Tess.

Tennessee, Tennessee Tessie,
my love for you,
you can guessie,
my heart is aching,
don't keep me waiting,
sweetly the birds are singing,
soon wedding bells
will be ringing,
Happy we'll be,
just you and me
Tennessee, Tennessee Tess.

Soft karaoke
Words
piano 1
piano 2
piano 3
piano 4
lyric
pizz str bass
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Tennessee Tessie 1917
Music by Al Piantadosi
Lyrics by Joe Schwb and Geo. Ronklyn
© MCMXVII by Barron & Thompson Co. N.Y.
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sequence & karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Friday 2 November 2007 at 14.22
in association with Doug Grierson
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