Monday, June 11, 2012
Dinah, is there anything finah?
Dinah!
Dates back to 1923, introduced by Eddie Cantor in Kid Boots. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dinah_(song))
Here's the Cliff Edwards (Ukulele Ike) version: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=00CN3zdLYv4
I've it in the key of G, So here's the Revellers doing their version in that key (I think) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0MOkCWla_ao
Chord charts here: http://www.traditionalmusic.co.uk/chords/chords-uke-c-ds.htm
Strum it in a chickaboom, syncopated rhythm: one TWO three FOUR, or one AND two AND three AND four if you prefer. Nice and fast. Easier to get the rhythm here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SY_tyxMnvHU
G D7
Carolina gave me Dinah,
G E7 A7 D7
I'm the proudest one beneath the Dixie sun,
G Bm E7
News is spreadin' 'bout a weddin'.
D Bm Em A7 D7
I hear church bells ringin', Here's the song my heart keeps sing-in':
G G#dim Am
Dinah, is there anyone finer in the state of Carolina,
D7 G G#dim Am D7
If there is and you know her---, show her to me?
G G#dim
Dinah, with her Dixie eyes blazin',
Am D7 G
How I love to sit and gaze into the eyes of Dinah Lee.
Em Eb+ Em7
Every night, why do I shake with fright?
Em6 Em A7 D7 D#7 D7
Because my Dinah might change her mind about me.
G G#dim
Dinah, if she wandered to China,
Am D7 G C7 G
I would hop an ocean liner, just to be with Dinah Lee.
Play kazoo or hum Dinah, is there anything finer etc, then sing verses again.
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