Buckeye Jim (hi-med-lo)

Trad. Folk song
Burl Ives
Key: C
Time: 2/4

10 -10 9 9 8 9 -10 9
7 -6 6 6 5 6 -6 6
4 -3” 3 3 2 3 -3” 3
Way up yon-der a-bove the sky

8 9 -10 9 8 8 -10 8 8-8 7
5 6 -6 6 5 5 -6 5 5-4 4
2 3 -3” 3 2 2 -3” 2 2-1 1
A blue-bird lived in a jay-bird’s eye.

Chorus:

8 9 7 7 -8 8
5 6 4 4 -4 5
2 3 1 1 -1 2
Buck-eye Jim, you can’t go

9 9 -10 7 7 -8 8
6 6 -6 4 4 -4 5
3 3 -3” 1 1 -1 2
Go weave and spin, you can’t go

8 -8 7
5 -4 4
2 -1 1
Buck-eye Jim

Way up yonder above the moon
A jaybird lived in a silver spoon.

Way down yonder in a wooden trough
An old woman died of the whoopin’ cough.

Way up yonder above the sky
A jaybird spit in a bluebird’s eye.