MOON  RIVER

Time signature:  3/4
A slow waltz
Lyrics:  Johnny Mercer
Music:  Henry Mancini
​From Paramount Picture's BREAKFAST AT TIFFANY"S
UNDER CONSTRUCTION:  Notation & youTube keys need to be checked, and tempo info added.

Accordion Notation
Beats per bar =  3
Beat symbol  =   Dot ( . ) or equivalent    
Either row =  Buttons  3 to 7*

Verse 1

  .:3   |   .7*  :6   |   ;6*  "5*   "5   "4*   |   :5 
Moon      riv -  er,       wid -  er    than   a         mile,

.3  |    ;6*   "5*   "5   "4*   |   :5      .3    |   .:3*~ | ~:
I'm    cross - ing    you   in        style  some  -    day. ____ 

 .4   |   .:3   |   .5    ;4    "3*   |   .:3   |    .5     ;4  
Old    dream    mak - er,    Old       heart     break - er,

  "3*   |   .3   .4    .5    |   "6   :6*   "5*   |   "6*   :5*   "5   |   .:5*   | 
Where      ev - er   you're     go - ing    I'm           go -  ing   your     way.
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Verse 2

  .:3   |   .7*      :6   |   ;6*  "5*   "5     "4*   |    :5 
Two     drift - ers      off   to    see  the      world;

     .3      |   ;6*   "5*   "5   "4*   |    :5      .3    |   .:3*~ | ~:
There's   such   a     lot   of      world   to       see.___

   .4    |   .:3   |   :4    .5   |   .:6    |    :7*     .6     |   .:5~ | ~. 
We're     af   -   ter   the   same   rain - bow's    end,__

  "6*   "5*      "5       "4*  |  .:5~ | ~"   "3      "6*   "5*   "5    "4*   |    .:5     |
Wait - ing  round   the    bend,__    My   huck - le - ber - ry      friend, 

  .:3      |   .4*  :3*~ | ~:    .4    |   .:3~ | ~.: 
Moon      riv - er ___     and       me.___


Instrumental verse

Repeat Verses 1 and 2 slowing to end on final line of 2.

Embedded youTube VIDEOS

 Total of 12 videos in various keys:  A =
Key:  Gb
​
Singer:  Audrey Hepburn

​Posted by:  Stereostache
Key:  C

Singer:  Frank Sinatra

​Posted by:  ​hypherism
Key:  D

Artists:  Henry Mancini & Orchestra  

​Posted by:  MsPerfectFlower
Key:  F     from time  0  to 1:18
         D     from 1:19  to  END

Orchestra:  Billy Vaughan 

Posted by:  A. Alexander

​from 1962 album "Chapel by the Sea"
Key:   A   from  time  0  to  2:00
          D  from  2:01  to  2:34
          E  from  2:35  to  END
          
Singer:  Andrea Bocelli

Posted by: Andrea Bocelli
​
Key:  G

Group:  The Two Cellos  

Performers:  Luka Sulic
                     Stjepan Hauser

Posted by:  2CELLOS
Key:  A

Group:  The Honey Trees
​              (Meg Isaacs & Luke Seven ?)

​Posted by:  TheLofiSessions
Key: Ab

Singer:  Sophie May Williams

Posted by: BBC
Key:  Db

Singer:  Andy Williams

​Posted by:  OmarProductions2009

​
Key:  Ab

Singer:  Andrea Moss

Posted by:  Andrea Moss
Key:  F

Singer:  Judy Garland  

Posted by: Michele Bell
Key:  Eb

Singer:  Danny Williams

​Posted by:  HSM5678
Background Materials, Information & Links
​Lyrics:
Verse 1

Moon river, wider than a mile
I'm crossing you in style someday
Old dream maker
Old heartbreaker
Where ever you're going I'm going your way

Verse 2

Two drifters off to see the world
There's such a lot of world to see
We're after the same rainbow's end
Waiting round the bend
My huckleberry friend
Moon river and me

These verses are repeated in most performances, sometimes with the first done instrumentally and the second sung.
​
Background Links:
Click HERE for additional wikipedia info about this song.

Click HERE  for wikipedia biographical info on Henry Mancini
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Click HERE ​ for wikipedia biographical info onJohnny Mercer.