The Barnyard Song (hi-lo) Harmonica Tabs

By: Peter & Ellen Allard
Children’s song
Key: C
Time: 3/4

1 2 -3” 3 2 1 1 2 2 2 2
4 5 -6 6 5 4 4 5 5 5 5
I had a roost-er, and the roost-er pleased me

-1 1 2 -3” 3 2 1 1 -1 -1 -1 -1
-4 4 5 -6 6 5 4 4 -4 -4 -4 -4
I fed my roost-er on a green ber-ry tree

1 1 2 -3” 3 2 1 -2” 3 -3” -3 4
4 4 5 -6 6 5 4 -5 6 -6 -7 7
The lit-tle roost-er went “Cock-a-doo-dle doo

-4 5 -4 4 -3” 4 -3” -2” 2 -1 1
-8 8 -8 7 -6 7 -6 -5 5 -4 4
Dee-doo-dle-dee doo-dle-dee doo-dle-dee-do
I had a dog, my dog pleased me,
I fed my dog ‘neath the greenberry tree.
My little doggie went, «Ruff, ruff.»
My little rooster went, «Cock-a-doo-dle doo,
Dee doo-dle-ee doo-dle-ee, doodle-ee do.»
I had a kitty, my kitty pleased me,
I fed my kitty ‘neath the greenberry tree.
My little kitty went, «Meow, meow.»
My little doggie went, «Ruff, ruff.»
My little rooster went, «Cock-a-doo-dle doo,
Dee doo-dle-ee doo-dle-ee, doodle-ee do.»
I had a cow, my cow pleased me,
I fed my cow ‘neath the greenberry tree.
My big old bossy cow went, «Moo, moo.»
My little kitty went, «Meow, meow.»
My little doggie went, «Ruff, ruff.»
My little rooster went, «Cock-a-doo-dle doo,
Dee doo-dle-ee doo-dle-ee, doodle-ee do.»
I had a sheep, my sheep pleased me,
I fed my sheep ‘neath the greenberry tree.
My woolly sheep went, «Baa, baa.»
My big old bossy cow went, «Moo, moo.»
My little kitty went, «Meow, meow.»
My little doggie went, «Ruff, ruff.»
My little rooster went, «Cock-a-doo-dle doo,
Dee doo-dle-ee doo-dle-ee, doodle-ee do.»