Sheet Music for Viola Solo
An extended arrangement of the song ‘She’ll be Coming Round the Mountain’, itself based on the African-American song ‘When the Chariot Comes.’ There are three statement of the melody, each higher than the last with lots of fun harmonic shifts, leading to a final rousing statement of the main melody.
Backing track:
She’ll be comin’ ‘round the mountain when she comes.
Choo! Choo!
She’ll be comin’ ‘round the mountain when she comes.
Choo! Choo!
She’ll be comin’ ‘round the mountain,
She’ll be comin’ ‘round the mountain,
She’ll be comin’ ‘round the mountain when she comes.
Choo! Choo!
She’ll be driving six white horses when she comes.
Whoa back!
She’ll be driving six white horses when she comes.
Whoa back!
She’ll be driving six white horses,
She’ll be driving six white horses,
She’ll be driving six white horses when she comes.
Whoa back! Choo! Choo!
Oh, we’ll all go out to greet her when she comes.
Hi, Babe!
Oh, we’ll all go out to greet her when she comes.
Hi, Babe!
Oh, we’ll all go out to greet her,
Oh, we’ll all go out to greet her,
Oh, we’ll all go out to greet her when she comes.
Hi, Babe! Whoa back! Choo! Choo!
She’ll be wearing red pajamas when she comes.
Scratch! Scratch!
She’ll be wearing red pajamas when she comes.
Scratch! Scratch!
She’ll be wearing red pajamas,
She’ll be wearing red pajamas,
She’ll be wearing red pajamas when she comes.
Scratch! Scratch! Hi, Babe! Whoa back! Choo! Choo!
Oh, we’ll all have chicken and dumplings when she comes.
Yum! Yum!
Oh, we’ll all have chicken and dumplings when she comes.
Yum! Yum!
Oh, we’ll all have chicken and dumplings,
Oh, we’ll all have chicken and dumplings,
Oh, we’ll all have chicken and dumplings when she comes.
Yum! Yum! Scratch! Scratch! Hi, Babe! Whoa back! Choo! Choo!
