Cover art for Way Over Yonder in the Minor Key by Billy Bragg and Wilco

Way Over Yonder in the Minor Key

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Jun. 23, 19981 viewer7.1K views

Way Over Yonder in the Minor Key Lyrics

[Verse 1]
I lived in a place called Okfuskee
And I had a little girl in a holler tree
I said, little girl, it's plain to see
Ain't nobody that can sing like me
Ain't nobody that can sing like me

[Verse 2]
She said, "it's hard for me to see
How one little boy got so ugly"
Yes, my little girly, that might be
But there ain't nobody that can sing like me
Ain't nobody that can sing like me

[Chorus]
Way over yonder in the minor key
Way over yonder in the minor key
There ain't nobody that can sing like me

[Verse 3]
We walked down by the Buckeye Creek
To see the frog eat the goggle-eye bee
To hear that west wind whistle to the east
There ain't nobody that can sing like me
Ain't nobody that can sing like me
[Verse 4]
Oh my little girly, will you let me see?
Way over yonder where the wind blows free
Nobody can see in our holler tree
And there ain't nobody can sing like me
Ain't nobody can sing like me

[Chorus]
Way over yonder in the minor key
Way over yonder in the minor key
There ain't nobody that can sing like me

[Verse 5]
Her mama cut a switch from a cherry tree
And laid it on to she and me
It stung lots worse than a hive of bees
But there ain't nobody that can sing like me
Ain't nobody that can sing like me

[Verse 6]
Now I have walked a long long ways
And I still look back to my tanglewood days
I've led lots of girls since then to stray
Saying ain't nobody that can sing like me
Ain't nobody that can sing like me
[Chorus]
Way over yonder in the minor key
Way over yonder in the minor key
Ain't nobody that can sing like me

[Chorus]
Way over yonder in the minor key
Way over yonder in the minor key
Ain't nobody that can sing like me
Ain't nobody that can sing like me

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Apparently the lyrics to this song were written by Woodie Guthrie, it may be one of the many songs that he wrote without ever recording.

(editors note- idk i can’t find out much about this song, other than Woodie Guthrie is given the main credit as songwriter. open to edits from those more learned than me)

Credits
Acoustic Guitar
Hammond B3
Bouzouki
Backing Vocals
Percussion
Mastering Engineer
Release Date
June 23, 1998
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