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From Carl Sandburg's The American Songbag in 1927, it was written before that in the late 1800's - The song is somewhat like "When the Chariot Comes" with the same melody. In the 19th century the song was poplular in Appalachia - there the lyrics became "She'll Be Coming Round The Mountain ".


She"ll Be Coming Round The Mountain

G
She'll be coming 'round the mountain when she comes
                                                                                D7
She'll be coming 'round the mountain when she comes.
                G
She'll be coming 'round the mountain,
                 C
She'll be coming 'round the mountain,
                G                             D7                            G
She'll be coming 'round the mountain, when she comes.


G
She'll be driving six white horses when she comes
G                                                                      D7
She'll be driving six white horses when she comes
G
She'll be driving six white horses
                 C
She'll be driving six white horses
                G                          D7                       G
She'll be driving six white horses when she comes

G
Oh, we'll all come out to meet her when she comes
G                                                                       D7
Oh, we'll all come out to meet her when she comes
G
Oh, we'll all come out to meet her
                C
Oh, we'll all come out to meet her
                G                       D7                            G
Oh, we'll all come out to meet her when she comes

G
We will kill the old red rooster when she comes
G                                                                  D7
We will kill the old red rooster when she comes
G
We will kill the old red rooster
              C
We will kill the old red rooster
              G                      D7                          G
We will kill the old red rooster when she comes

G
We'll all have chicken n' dumplin's when she comes
G                                                                         D7
We'll all have chicken n' dumplin's when she comes
G
We'll all have chicken n' dumplin's
          C
We'll all have chicken n' dumplin's
          G                              D7                           G
We'll all have chicken n' dumplin's when she comes