Sweet Roseanne

Sweet Roseanne is a riverboat song from around the Chesapeake Bay. It was captured by Alan Lomaxa, and sung by the Bright Light Singers.

It’s a contagious song because with each verse the lead sings line one and three while line two and four always repeat which encourages everyone else to join in. There is a chorus which is thrown in every now and then to break things up.

Lyrics
Sweet Roseanne, sweet Roseanne Bye bye, sweet Roseanne I thought I heard my baby say I won’t be home tomorrow Sweet Roseanne, my darling child Bye bye, sweet Roseanne Sweet Roseanne, my darling child I won’t be home tomorrow '''Bye bye, bye bye, bye bye, bye bye Bye bye, sweet Roseanne Bye bye, bye bye, bye bye, bye bye I won’t be home tomorrow The steamboat coming round the bend Bye bye, sweet Roseanne It’s loaded down with harvestmen I won’t be home tomorrow Don’t you wanna go home on your next payday Bye bye, sweet Roseanne Don’t you wanna go home on your next payday I won’t be home tomorrow [Chorus] The steamboat coming round the bend Bye bye, sweet Roseanne She’s loaded down with harvestmen I won’t be home tomorrow Sweet Roseanne, sweet Roseanne Bye bye, sweet Roseanne Sweet Roseanne, sweet Roseanne I won’t be home tomorrow I’m going away but not to stay Bye bye, sweet Roseanne I’m going away but not to stay I won’t be home tomorrow [Chorus] Don’t you wanna go home on your next payday Bye bye, sweet Roseanne Don’t you wanna go home on your next payday I won’t be home tomorrow

Numbers
1 = G