General Grant's Visit To Dundee
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[Intro ]
Ab Eb
Verse
Ab Eb
U. S. Grant paid a visit to my home town
Ab Eb
Spruced it up with a lick of paint and showed him round
Ab Eb Eb/D C7
Two bands played in fierce competition as the rain fell down
Fm7 Bb Eb Bb Eb Ab Eb Bb Eb
The General said "What a mighty long bridge to such a mighty little old town"
Ab Eb
A man called Grant hung from a window with the Stars and Stripes
Ab Eb
The orphan boys sang Alouette, sweetness and light
Ab Eb Eb/D C7
As they sang, firebell rang, ran for their lives
Fm7 Bb Eb Ab Eb Bb Eb
What well-trained little orphans, what a precious little song, Said the General's wife
Ab Eb
Carriage was called to the Magdalen Green before the darkness fell
Ab Eb
With a short stopover for the lady's convenience at the, Royal Hotel
Ab Eb Eb/D C7
General frowned through the rest of the speeches, yet, he took it well
Fm7 Bb Gm
What a lovely little bandstand, with a lovely little steeple, charming little houses,
C7 Fm7 Bb Eb Ab Eb Bb Eb
such cheerful little people, but what a mighty long bridge to such a mighty little old town
Ab Eb
U. S. Grant paid a visit to my home town
Ab Eb
Spruced it up with a lick of paint and showed him round
Ab Eb Eb/D C7
Two bands played in fierce competition as the rain fell down
Fm7 Bb
What a pretty little bandstand, and a lovely little steeple,
Gm C7 N.C.
what charming little houses, and such cheerful little people
N.C. Fm7 Bb Eb Bb Eb Ab Eb Bb Ab Eb
but what a mighty long bridge to such, a mighty little old town
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