Ida Sweet as Apple Cider
Music by Eddie Munson (1916)
Key: G
Lyrics by Eddie Leonard (1919)
Copyright 1916

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File Created 07/06/2021


Verse 1:

G                       Ddim
In the region where the ros-es
D7          Am7D7
Always bloom
Am7       D7     Am7    D7
Breathing out up-on the air their
G            D7
sweet perfume

G             Ddim
Lives a dusky maid I long to
D
call my own,
E7            A7
For I know my love for her will
D7       D7+
never die

G                       Ddim
When the sun am sinkin' in dat
D7          Am7D7
golden West,
Am7    D7    Am7
Little Robin Red Breast
D7      G               D7
gone to seek their nests

G                 Ddim
Then I sneak down to dat place I
D
love the best
E7             A7
Ev'ry ev'n-ing there alone I
D7   C#7D7D7+
sigh

Chorus:

G    Ddim           D7   Am7D7
Ida! sweet as apple cider
Am7      D7         G    B7
Sweet-er than all I know
E7                       A7
Come out! in the silv'ry Moonlight
              Em6  A7     Em6
Of love we'll whis-per so soft
A7  D7 DdimD7
and low

G          Ddim            D7      Am7D7
Seems tho' can't live with-out you,
Am7     D7        G  B7
Listen, Oh! Honey do!
E7         A7
Ida! I ido-lize yer
           Am7
I love you I-da,
D7     G  EdimAm7D7
Deed I do.

Verse 2:

G                            Ddim
When the moon comes stealing up
D7             Am7D7D
behind the hill
Am7    D7      Am7
Ev-'ry thing a round me
D7       G             D7
seems so calm and still

G               Ddim
Save the gentle calling of the
D
Whippoorwill
E7             A7
Then I long to hold her little
D7          D7+
hand in mine

G                             Ddim
Thro' the trees the winds are sigh-ing
D7          Am7D7
soft and low
Am7     D7       Am7     D7
Seem to come and whisper that your
G           D7
love is true

G
Come and be my own now,
Ddim          D
sweetheart do!Oh Do!
E7                A7
Then my life will seem almost
   D7  C#7D7D7+
di-vine

Chorus Repeat and end with:

D7     G  D#m6G6
Deed I Do



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