Ode to Mel Bay

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Mel Bay, Mel Bay, where are you today?

we surely would've never, ever learned how to play

Mel Bay, Mel Bay, where in the world you been?

I've been tryin' so damn hard to play the mandolin

you tell me that it's easy if I buy your book

so I'm hikin' down to the music store to take myself a look

a Mel Bay, Mel Bay, where are you today?

we surely would've never, ever learned how to play

well, I went down with my daddy, I went down to a bar

saw me a country singer, he was playin' a guitar

I asked him how he learned to play and this is what he'd say

go buy yourself a guitar book by a guy named Mel Bay

a Mel Bay, Mel Bay, where are you today?

we surely would've never, ever learned how to play

(HARP SOLO)

well, I bought your book, tried to learn how to play the fiddle

I learned a song about the cat named hey-diddle-diddle

and then I went to Hoover's and I bought me a ukulele

I learned to play those pearly shells an' a Ukulele Lady

Mel Bay, Mel Bay, a where are you today?

we surely would've never, ever learned how to play

take it

Mel Bay

(GUITAR SOLO)

on the first page of your manual, you told me how to hold a pick

you gotta hold it in this manner, firmly in your grip

and now were happily strumming along in the key of A

we're learnin' from the Bible accordin' to Mel Bay

Mel Bay, Mel Bay, where are you today?

we surely would've never, ever learned how to play

Mel Bay, Mel Bay, where are you today?

we surely would've never, ever

learned how to play