Where The Shy Little Violets Grow 1928

by James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 13 March 2011
2011

In my dreams of childhood
when the skies were fair
I can see a wildwood
flowers ev'rywhere,
When the twilight shadows
bring their sweet regrets
Then I wander back again
'mid the violets.

I've been making up my mind
to find a place that I used to know.
By the Old Ohio
where the shy little violets grow,
I've been waking up to find
I'm dreaming dreams of long long ago
Of the Old Ohio
where the shy little violets grow.
I'd love to find the little trail
little winding trail
that house on the hill
find somebody who
promised to be true.
I know she's waiting there still
When I look into her eyes
they'll tell me what I'm longing to know
by the Old Ohio
where the shy little violets grow.

I've been making up my mind
to find a place that I used to know.
By the Old Ohio
where the shy little violets grow,
I've been waking up to find
I'm dreaming dreams of long long ago
Of the Old Ohio
where the shy little violets grow.
I'd love to find the little trail
little winding trail
that house on the hill
find somebody who
promised to be true.
I know she's waiting there still
When I look into her eyes
they'll tell me what I'm longing to know
by the Old Ohio
where the shy little violets grow.

In a woodland shady
where the Springtime plays
Like a lovely lady
of the olden days.
I can see somebody
and he looks like me
can it be the happy boy
that I used to be?

I've been making up my mind
to find a place that I used to know.
By the Old Ohio
where the shy little violets grow,
I've been waking up to find
I'm dreaming dreams of long long ago
Of the Old Ohio
where the shy little violets grow.
I'd love to find the little trail
little winding trail
that house on the hill
find somebody who
promised to be true.
I know she's waiting there still
When I look into her eyes
they'll tell me what I'm longing to know
by the Old Ohio
where the shy little violets grow.

I've been making up my mind
to find a place that I used to know.
By the Old Ohio
where the shy little violets grow,
I've been waking up to find
I'm dreaming dreams of long long ago
Of the Old Ohio
where the shy little violets grow.
I'd love to find the little trail
little winding trail
that house on the hill
find somebody who
promised to be true.
I know she's waiting there still
When I look into her eyes
they'll tell me what I'm longing to know
by the Old Ohio
where the shy little violets grow.

Soft karaoke
Words
piano 1
piano 2
piano 3
piano 4
lyric
pizz str bass
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Where The Shy Little Violets Grow 1928
by Gus Kahn & Harry Warren
© 1928 by Remick Music Corp.,  New York
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sequence & karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Sunday 13 March 2011 at 17.27
in association with Veda Meyer-Castens
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