Yellow Ribbon

Thanks very much to Ray Lawson, who sent me this song.

Around her neck she wore a yellow ribbon

She wore it in the springtime and in the month of May, hey hey

Around her neck she wore a yellow ribbon

She wore it milking cows and mowing hay, mowing hayay-ay

And if you asked her why the heck she wore it

She wore it for her lover who was far, far away

Far away, Far away, Far away, Far away

Oh she wore it milking cows and mowing hay, mowing hay-ay-ay

Upon the wall she kept a marriage license

She kept it in the springtime and in the month of May, hey hey

Upon the wall she kept a marriage license

She kept it milking cows and mowing hay, mowing hayay-ay

And if you asked her why the heck she kept it

She kept it for her lover who was far, far away

Far away, Far away, Far away, Far away

Oh she kept it milking cows and mowing hay, mowing hay-ay-ay

Behind the door her father kept a shotgun

He kept it in the springtime and in the month of May, hey hey

Behind the door her father kept a shotgun

He kept it milking cows and mowing hay, mowing hayay-ay

And if you asked him why the heck he kept it

He kept it for her lover who was far, far away

Far away, Far away, Far away, Far away

Oh he kept it milking cows and mowing hay, mowing hay-ay-ay

("Far away" is sung using a high note, then a low note. You can also sing "mowing cows and milking hay, yellow neck she wore a ribbon", etc, to make the song more challenging.)