The Big Sunflower
Unknown Author
Key: C
Published by John Church Co.
As Sung by Billy Emerson

Copyright 1867
File Created 07-10-2021

Chords and Lyrics by Judy Muldawer
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Verse 1:

      C            F        Dm
There is a charm I can't ex-plain
  G7               C
A-bout a girl I've seen
   C                     F        Dm
My heart beats fast when she goes past,
     G7                    C
In a dark dress trimmed in green

    D7                 G
Her eyes are bright as evening stars,
   E7            Am
So loving and so shy
        D7
And the folks all stop
    G
And look around
     D7           G GdimG7
When-ver she goes by

Chorus:

      C                       F       Dm
And I feel just as happy as a big sun flow'r
     G7                    C
That nods and bends in the breezes
And my heart is as light
       F         Dm
As the wind that blows
    G7                  C
The leaves from all the tree-zes

Verse 2:

   C                F     Dm
As days past on and we be-came
     G7               C
Like friends of olden times
  C                    F       Dm
I thought the question I would pop,
    G7            C
And ask her to be mine

        D7          G
But the answer I re-ceived next day,
    E7                 Am
How could she treat me so
   D7             G
In-stead of being mine for life,
    D7                G    GdimG7
She  simply answered, ”No."

Chorus Melody Only:

Verse 3:

  C                     F     Dm
I went next day dressed in my best,
     G7                C
This young girl for to see,
   C              F        Dm
To ask her if she would ex-plain
    G7             C
Why she had shaken me

    D7              G
She said she really felt quite sad,
   E7                Am
To cause me such dis-tress
    D7                  G
And when I said, "Won't you be mine?"
   D7                   G     GdimG7
Of course she answered, “Yes."


Chorus Repeat:

C