Key: G
Introduction:
G D
Oh, give to me a winding stream, it must not be too wide,
D7 G
where waving leaves from maple trees do meet from either side.
G7 C
The water must be deep enough to float a small canoe,
D G
with no one else but you.
G D
Do not disturb my waking dream,
D7 G
the splendor of that winding stream.
G7 C
Flower in my canoe, her eyes they look me through,
G D G
a maiden fair with golden hair is very much like you.
G D
The sparkling trout beneath the bank does leave his hiding place,
D7 G
kingfisher from the bough above, so eager to give to chase.
G7 C
The spreading branches over head, the sunlight peeping through,
D G
when looking, dear, at you.
G D
Do not disturb my waking dream,
D7 G
the splendor of that winding stream.
G7 C
Flower in my canoe, her eyes they look me through,
G D G
a maiden fair with golden hair is very much like you.