Roseville Fair

artist:Bill Staines

, writer:Bill Staines

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 {t:Roseville Fair}
{artist: Bill Staines}
{key: F}
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b2MezRRs-OQ But in B
{c: Thanks Steve Walton - does a great job on showing timing !! }
Oh the night was [F] clear / / / [F] / and the [Bb] stars were [F] shining
[F] / And the moon came [Gm] up / / / [C] / so quiet in the [F] sky / / /
[F] / All the people gathered [F] round / / / [F] / and the [Bb] band was [F] tuning
[F] / I can hear them [Gm] now / / / [C] / playing "Coming Through the [F] Rye"
{c: }
[F] / You were dressed in [F] blue / / / [F] and you [Bb] looked so [F] lovely
[F] / Just a gentle [Gm] flower / / / [C] / of a small town [F] girl
[F] / You took my [F] hand / / / [F] and we [Bb] stepped to the [F] music
[F] / With a single [Gm] smile / / / [C] / you became my [F] world
{c: }
[F] / And we danced all [Bb] night / / / [Bb] / to the fiddle and the [F] banjo
[F] / Their drifting [Gm] tunes / / / [C] / seemed to fill the [F] ai-ai-ai-air [C]
So long a-[Bb]go / / / [Bb] but I still re-[F]member
[F] When we fell in [Gm] love / / / [C] / at the Roseville [F] Fair
{c: }
[F] Now we courted well / / / [F] / and we [Bb] courted [F] dearly
[F] / And we'd rock for [Gm] hours / / / [C] on the front-porch [F] chair / / /
[F] Then a year went [F] by / / / [F] / from the [Bb] time that I [F] met you
And I made you [Gm] mine / / / [C] / at the Roseville [F] Fair
{c: }
[F] / And we danced all [Bb] night / / / [Bb] / to the fiddle and the [F] banjo
[F] / Their drifting [Gm] tunes / / / [C] / seemed to fill the [F] ai-ai-ai-air [C]
So long a-[Bb]go / / / [Bb] but I still re-[F]member
[F] When we fell in [Gm] love / / / [C] / at the Roseville [F] Fair
{c: }
{sos}
[F] / And we danced all [Bb] night / / / [Bb] / to the fiddle and the [F] banjo
[F] / Their drifting [Gm] tunes / / / [C] / seemed to fill the [F] ai-ai-ai-air [C]
So long a-[Bb]go / / / [Bb] but I still re-[F]member
[F] When we fell in [Gm] love / / / [C] / at the Roseville [F] Fair
{eos}
[F] / Well the years went [F] by / / / [F] / too [Bb] fast to [F] count them
[F] / Now there’s streaks of [Gm] / / / grey [C] / in your auburn [F] hair / / /
[F] / But you’re dearer [F] now / / / [F] / than the [Bb] night I [F] met you
[F] And I made you [Gm] mine / / / [C] / at the Roseville [F] Fair
{c: }
[F] / So here's a [Bb] song / / / [Bb] / for all of the [F] lovers
[F] / And here's a [Gm] tune / / / [C] / that they can [F] share-are-are-are [C]
May they dance all [Bb] night / / / [Bb] / to the fiddle and the [F] banjo
[F] / The way we [Gm] did / / / [C] / at the Roseville [F] Fair
May they dance all [Bb] night / / / [Bb] / to the fiddle and the [F] banjo
[F] / The way we [Gm] did / / / [C] / at the Roseville [F] Fair
{c: }
{sos}
[F] / And we danced all [Bb] night / / / [Bb] / to the fiddle and the [F] banjo
[F] / Their drifting [Gm] tunes / / / [C] / seemed to fill the [F] ai-ai-ai-air [C]
So long a-[Bb]go / / / [Bb] but I still re-[F]member
[F] When we fell in [Gm] love / / / [C] / at the Roseville [F] Fair
[F] When we fell in [Gm] love / / / [C] / at the Roseville [F] Fair
[F] / The way we [Gm] did / / / [C] / at the Roseville [F] Fair [F]↓
{eos}

Song Info

Title: Roseville Fair

Artist: Bill Staines

Writer: Bill Staines

Song Types: Country

Key: F

Info: Bill Staines sang his own song Roseville Fair in 1979 on his album The Whistle of the Jay.

Bill Staines (born February 6, 1947 in Medford, Massachusetts) is an American folk musician and singer-songwriter from New Hampshire, who writes and performs songs about a wide array of topics. He has also written and recorded children's songs.

Raised in Lexington, Massachusetts, Staines began his professional career in the early 1960s in the Cambridge area. He began touring nationwide a few years later. In 1975 he won the National Yodeling Championship at the Kerrville Folk Festival. He performs about 200 times a year and has appeared on A Prairie Home Companion, Mountain Stage, and The Good Evening Show.

Staines's songs include "Bridges", "Crossing the Water", "Sweet Wyoming Home", "The Roseville Fair", "A Place in the Choir", "Child of Mine", and "River".

His songs have been recorded by many other artists, including Peter, Paul and Mary, Makem and Clancy, Nanci Griffith, Mason Williams, The Highwaymen, Glenn Yarbrough, Jerry Jeff Walker, Schooner Fare, Grandpa Jones, The Grace Family, Hank Cramer, Coty Hogue and Priscilla Herdman. Staines has recorded 22 of his own albums, 15 of which were still in print as of 2005. Staines's songs have been published in four songbooks, If I Were a Word, Then I'd Be a Song; River; Music to Me: The Songs of Bill Staines, and All God's Critters Got a Place in the Choir.

Staines is left-handed and plays a right-handed guitar upside-down, with the bass strings on the bottom. Consequently, he has developed his own fingerings and picking style.

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Roseville Fair

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