Tablature the borning day - TRADITIONNEL

          



 From: Barrie McCombs <bmccombs@acs.ucalgary.ca>

  

  THE BORNING DAY   Time: 4/4   Tenor: D(Bm)   Bass: C(Am)

  - West Indian, may be traditional

  - Record: Harry Belafonte, Streets I Have Walked, Key: G

  

  INTRO:  6m,  6m

  

  6m                 *           *                5

  Mary and the Baby, .. hungry;  yes we know what hungry be

  6m                  7m                   6m     2      6m

  .. So we bring them peas and rice, and a little ginger tea

  1              5                1             6m

  .. Only pigeon peas and rice, a little ginger tea

  1                5                  1                6m

  .. Mary thank us with her eyes, she poor the same as we

      1        2m      6m     *

  She poor the same as we

  

  

  6m                 *           *             5

  Mary and the Baby, .. lonely;  lonely is not good to be

        6m               7m               6m        2     6m

  So we sit a while, and chat a while, to keep them compa-ny

  1                      5           1                6m

  Stay a while, make the baby smile, pass the time of day

  1               5                   1               6m

  When we see how pleased they be, it make us glad we stay

     1         2m       6m     *

  So glad that we could stay

  

  

  6m                 *          *                5

  Mary and the Baby, .. weary;  oh, we know what weary be

        6m              7m                          6m            2    6m

  So we make a bed, and pillow for their head, with down from the maho tree

  1                  5             1                  6m

  Only down from the maho tree, to rest them soft and good

  1                     5              1              6m

  We feel bad, these be all we had; we do the best we could

     1      2m      6m     *

  We do the best we could

  

  

  6m                     *         *              5

  Mary and the Babe rest .. easy;  we go away and let them be

     6m                 7m              6m      2      6m

  On hushed tiptoe, and voice kept low, we look up and see

  1                  5              1               6m

  Star of hope shine in the sky, to mark the Baby's birth

  1                 5               1               6m

  Seem to say, it's Borning Day, of better times on Earth

     1      2m       6m      *

  Of better times on Earth

  

  

  NOTES:

  SYMBOLS:

  - Asterisk (*) =  new measure, play same chord

  - Period (.)   =  1/8 note rest at start of a measure

  - Underline(_) =  sustain note into next measure

  

  CHORDS (Number System):

  - Example:     1    2    3    4    5    6    7

  - Key of C:    C    D    E    F    G    A    B

  - Detailed description: /pub/guitar/other_stuff/numbering_system.txt

  

  - Submitted by:  Barrie McCombs (bmccombs@acs.ucalgary.ca)

  

  

  

   


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 The borning day, de Traditionnel 

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