Biography:
Bill Staines is an American songwriter and folk singer from New England, well known for composing children's songs as well as folk songs with a timeless quality. In the early 1960s he started his professional career in the Cambridge, Massachusetts area. Staines began touring nationwide a few years later. In 1975 he won the National Yodeling Championship at the Kerrville Folk Festival. He performs about 200 times a year and has appeared on A Prairie Home Companion, Mountain Stage, and The Good Evening Show.
Read more on Last.fm
Four years of hard work!This month of May we celebrated four years on the air. We continue working on the dissemination of this wonderful instrument, thank you for participating in our story!
THE ROSEVILLE FAIR Time: 4/4 Key: D Bass: A-C
- Bill Staines, 1978
- Record: Bill Staines, If I Were A Word / The First Million Miles
- Record: Schooner Fare, Signs of Home
- Source: New Folk Favorites, page 86 (D) / Rise Up Singing, page 1E7 (D)
[Verse 1]
D * * G D
.. Oh the night was clear, .. and the stars were shining
D G A * D
.. And the moon came up___, .. so quiet in the sky
D * * G D
.. All the people gathered 'round, .. and the band was a-tuning
D G A * D
.. I can hear them now___, .. playing "Coming Through the Rye"
D * * G D
.. You were dressed in blue, .. and you looked so lovely
D G A * D
.. Just a gentle flower___, .. of a small-town girl
D * * G D
.. You took my hand, .. and we stepped to the music
D G A * D
.. With a single smile___, .. you became my world
[Chorus]
D A D Em A D
.. And we danced all night___, .. to the fiddle and the banjo
A G A D
.. Their drifting tunes, .. seemed to fill the air
D A D Em A D
.. So long ago___, .. but I still re-member
A G A D
.. When we fell in love, .. at the Roseville Fair
[Verse 2]
Now we courted well, and we courted dearly
And we'd rock for hours, on the front-porch chair
Then a year went by, from the time that I met you
And I made you mine, at the Roseville Fair
So here's a song, for all of the lovers
And here's a tune, that they can share
May they dance all night, to the fiddle and the banjo
The way we did, at the Roseville Fair
REPEAT LAST TWO LINES OF VERSE TO END (NO FINAL CHORUS)
[NOTES]
- "*" in the chord line represents a new bar, play same chord
- "." in the lyric line represents a 1/8 note rest
- Rise Up Singing has simpler chords
- Bill Staines, 1978
- Record: Bill Staines, If I Were A Word / The First Million Miles
- Record: Schooner Fare, Signs of Home
- Source: New Folk Favorites, page 86 (D) / Rise Up Singing, page 1E7 (D)
[Verse 1]
D * * G D
.. Oh the night was clear, .. and the stars were shining
D G A * D
.. And the moon came up___, .. so quiet in the sky
D * * G D
.. All the people gathered 'round, .. and the band was a-tuning
D G A * D
.. I can hear them now___, .. playing "Coming Through the Rye"
D * * G D
.. You were dressed in blue, .. and you looked so lovely
D G A * D
.. Just a gentle flower___, .. of a small-town girl
D * * G D
.. You took my hand, .. and we stepped to the music
D G A * D
.. With a single smile___, .. you became my world
[Chorus]
D A D Em A D
.. And we danced all night___, .. to the fiddle and the banjo
A G A D
.. Their drifting tunes, .. seemed to fill the air
D A D Em A D
.. So long ago___, .. but I still re-member
A G A D
.. When we fell in love, .. at the Roseville Fair
[Verse 2]
Now we courted well, and we courted dearly
And we'd rock for hours, on the front-porch chair
Then a year went by, from the time that I met you
And I made you mine, at the Roseville Fair
So here's a song, for all of the lovers
And here's a tune, that they can share
May they dance all night, to the fiddle and the banjo
The way we did, at the Roseville Fair
REPEAT LAST TWO LINES OF VERSE TO END (NO FINAL CHORUS)
[NOTES]
- "*" in the chord line represents a new bar, play same chord
- "." in the lyric line represents a 1/8 note rest
- Rise Up Singing has simpler chords
Billie Piper
Billie Ray Marti (...)
Billie the Visio (...)
Billie Tweddle
Billie W.
Billy Corgan
Billy Cotton
Billy Crash Crad (...)
Billy Crawford
Billy Crockett