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    WE'LL  MEET  AGAIN  MY  FRIENDS   

Time signature:  4/4     
​Typical tempo: ~180 bpm.                                                                                                Isla Grant

Accordion Notation
Beats per bar = 4
Beat symbol = Dot ( . ) or equivalent
Either row:  Buttons 3 - 7
Chorus
    .5  |    ;5    "5     .5      .5*   |   .:5  .r   |     .5*        .6           ;6    "7*  |   .:6  .r  |
We'll   meet   a  -  gain   my   friends,   /   some - where   down   the      line.  /

   .5        .5           "5    ;5*  |       ;5   "4*       "4   ;4*  |     ;5   "5       "4*  ;4   |  ::3*~   |  ~.:
Who   knows   where   or     when,  / a  -  noth - er    place   a  -  noth - er      time ....       /


Bridge

   .4   |      ;5   "5     .5     .5* |   .:5          .5    |   .5*      .6       ;6   "7*  |   :6  
We'll   share   a     few   old   songs, /   and    mem - ories   on   my     mind  /

 .6*  .5*  |  .5        .5        ;5    "5   |  .5*     .5       :5      | 
Yes   I     know   we'll   meet   a  -  gain   my   friends  /

    .3*       .4*          ;4    "3*  |   ::3~  | ~.   :r 
Some - where   down   the      line.      /

Verse
.5  |     "6*  ;6*     .6*    .6   |   .7*   :6*    .6*   |  "6     ;6     .5*      .4*   |  .:5
 A  -  noth - er   show   is       o  -  ver,  /  a  -  noth - er   day    gone    by  /

  .6   |    .6         .6        ;6  "5* |    .5*      :5
With   good   friends   all    a  -  round   me  /
​
 .4  |     ;5   "5*     .5       .4    |  ::3*~   | ~.:
My,   how   the   time   goes      by...      /

 .6* |   ;6*   "6*     .6*    .6   |   .7*     .7*  .7      .7*  |   .6    .6       .6        .5* |  .:5
It's    hard   to    find    the    words   I   want   to     say   my   friends,  I'll     try   /

  .4   |   .5        .5      ;5   "5   |    .5*     :5       
God   bless   you    all   and    keep   you,  / 

 .4  |     .4     "4    "4*     ;4      "3*    |  ::3~  | ~.:
Till      we   meet   a  -  gain   good      bye____.   /

Sing & play Chorus & Bridge
Instrumental Chorus & Bridge
Sing & play Bridge to end.

youTube VIDEOS

Six videos in keys of:    Bb,C=1    E,F=1   F=1    F,F#=1    G=2 

Key: E, (changing to F for final chorus and bridge, with bridge repeated.)

Tempo ~180 bpm.

Singer: Isla Grant


Key:  F    from time 0 to 2:11
         F#  from 2:12 to End
          
Singer:  Connie Fleming

​Posted by:  Connie Fleming

Key: G
​
Tempo: ~188 bpm

Singer: 
Garrie Lambert, February 2015, with seniors at Brookside Bluffs in Central Florida.

(Originally from NL, left to join Canadian Army at age 17)





Key:  G

Singer:  Chuck Simms

Posted by:  NL Treasure



Key:   Bb  from time 0 to
          C    from 

Singers:   Grant and Carol Manson
                 a.k.a.  Heartbeat

Posted by:  Heartbeat - Topic

From their "This Country We Love"



Key:   F#  (Gb)

Singer:   Helen Scollard

Posted by:  Various Artists - Topic

Additional Lyrics:  (Isla sings only one verse, with multiple repeats of the chorus and bridge. 
                                           This is a second verse - from merging two other sources.)


.5  |    "6*  ;6*       .6*    .6   |   .7*   :6*    .6*   |  "6     ;6     .5*      .4*   |  .:5
We    en - joyed  shar - ing  our  mus - ic,  /  with  a   laugh    or      two  /

 .6   |    .6       ;6       "5*   |    .5*      :5
 It        has   been    our     pleas - ure /

 .4   |       ;5   "5*      .5       .4    |  ::3*   |   .:r
To     spend  this   time  with      you ...     /

 .6* |   ;6*    "6*      .6*    .6   |   .7*      .7*       .7     .7*    |    .6       .6      .6       .5*   |   .:5
The   hour  went  by    so     quick - ly,     with time        for    just   one  more   tune  /

  .4   |    .5        .5       ;5   "5   |    .5*      :5         
God   bless   you    all   and    keep   you,  /    


 .4~  | ~"  "4       "4    "4*         ;4    "3*     |  ::3~  | ~.:

un   -   till        we   come back   real      soon.    /



Composer:

This song was composed by Isla Grant.  To learn more about her, to check her touring schedule, or to purchase her CD's, DVD's and song book, click here.

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