Lyrics
(American folk song, Appalachia)
1. Way down yonder, above the sky,
A bluebird lived in a jaybird’s eye.
Refrain
Buckeye Jim, you can’t go.
Go weave and spin, you can’t go.
Buckeye Jim.
2. Way up yonder above the moon,
A bluejay nests in a silver spoon. Refrain
3. Way down yonder on a hollow log,
A red bird danced with a green bullfrog. Refrain
See also
- Subject: silly
- Form: AB
- Harmony: chords I V
- Melody: C,D,E,G,A,C’
- Meter: 2
- Rhythm:
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/ composition - Scale: pentatonic / syncopation
- Tones: drmsld’
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