Intermediate BA2 - Unit 9 Featured Song-Melody (iii)
BLUE EYES CRYING IN THE RAIN
This melody is an exercise in cross-playing to the inside row to obtain a note (i8) that is missing on the outside row. (For a G-C accordion, this note is an "F", which is an accidental for the outside (G) row.)
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Composer
Fred Rose (1947) |
Button-Accordion Melody (iii) - Notation
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Outside row (high): Buttons 5 - 9*
plus inside i8* (on line 5)
plus inside i8* (on line 5)
Verse 1 (of 2)
.:7 .8* .7 .5 .6 .8* :7 :::6
In the twi-light glow I see her,
.:7* .7 .7* .5 .7* .8* ::::7
blue eyes cry-ing in the rain.
.:7 .8* .7 .5 .6 .8* :7 .::6
As we kissed good - bye and part - ed,
.5 .:7* .7 .7* .5 .6* .7* ::::6
I knew we'd nev - er meet a - gain
.:9* .i8* .9* .7 .8* .i8* :9* :::8*
Love is like a dy - ing em - ber,
.:8 . 9* .8 .6 .8* .7 ::::7*
on - ly mem - o - ries re - main.
.:7 .8* .7 .5 .6 .8* :7 :::6
Through the ag - es I'll re - mem - ber,
.:7* .7 .7* .5 .6* .7* ::::6
Blue eyes cry - ing in the rain.
.:7 .8* .7 .5 .6 .8* :7 :::6
In the twi-light glow I see her,
.:7* .7 .7* .5 .7* .8* ::::7
blue eyes cry-ing in the rain.
.:7 .8* .7 .5 .6 .8* :7 .::6
As we kissed good - bye and part - ed,
.5 .:7* .7 .7* .5 .6* .7* ::::6
I knew we'd nev - er meet a - gain
.:9* .i8* .9* .7 .8* .i8* :9* :::8*
Love is like a dy - ing em - ber,
.:8 . 9* .8 .6 .8* .7 ::::7*
on - ly mem - o - ries re - main.
.:7 .8* .7 .5 .6 .8* :7 :::6
Through the ag - es I'll re - mem - ber,
.:7* .7 .7* .5 .6* .7* ::::6
Blue eyes cry - ing in the rain.
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Background:
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Click here for information about this song, and those who have performed it.
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Composer:
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Click here for a biography of songwriter Fred Rose.
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