The fine friends are here

  D        G       D
Everybody gather Ôround
                      A
The fine friends are here
                  D                     G       D
TheyÕre going to fill the air with the wildest sounds
          A           D
The fine friends are here

Sing it high and sing it low
The fine friends are here
Song out every song they know
The fine friends are here

 A
Sing it like a thunderstorm
 D
Sing it cool, sing it warm
 E
Every year they come around
            A                  G          D-A
With their battered cases and rolling sound

Well they rambled in on a dusty roadÉ
In their rag-tag satin and velvet clothesÉ
I can hear the kids shouting up and down the streetÉ
Snapping their fingers and shuffling their feetÉ

Tuba and those violins
One song ends and another begins
Every spring when magnolias bloom
WeÕll dance like crazy
When the friends start playing those tunes

All the doors in the neighborhood opening wideÉ
Everybody we know is going to be outsideÉ
IÕll meet you down in verandah parkÉ
WeÕll be dancing all day and into the darkÉ