Del Shannon – Swiss Maid (Ukulele)

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Swiss Maid:Del Shannon. #2 in UK and #64 in USA in 1962. #1.
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One time, a long time ago..on a mountain in Switzerland, 

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yoh, loh, loh, loh, loh..

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there lived a fair young maiden..lovely but lonely, 

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yoh, hoh, hoh, hoh.
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Day after day, she'd pine her heart away,

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yoh, loh, loh, loh, lay de yay,  but no love came her way.
#2.
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One day, her papa said..'Some day we'll go down to 

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the village in the valley, then you'll meet a nice 

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young man, who’ll ask for your hand, then you'll be happy.

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Oomp pah pah..oomp pah pah..oomp pah pah..

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Ommp pah..oomp pah pah...pah pah pah..

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Oomp pah pah..oomp pah pah..oomp pah pah..

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Ommp pah pah..oomp pah pah..pah pah pah..
#3.
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But very day she grew unhappier, on a mountain in 

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Switzerland, yoh, loh, loh, loh, loh.

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Every day a little bit lonelier..which way to turn 

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and which way to go?
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Day after day, she'd pine her heart away,

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yoh, loh, loh, loh, lay de yay,  but no love came her way.
#4.
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Some say the maiden's dream, never came true..

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she never got to go to the valley,

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if she did or not, I really don't know, whoa, hoh, hoh, hoh..

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did she die unhappy?
#5.
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I'd rather think she found her love.

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Wouldn't she be better if she did find love..?

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somewhere, some way..yodel-ady-oh..yodel-ady-ay.
A sixties smash from Kraziekhat.