Eddie Leonard
Ida, Sweet As Apple Cider
Roly Boly Eyes (1903)

D  A7  (D)  a  A!

D

D                         E7  A7
In the region where the roses always bloom
                                 D
Breathing out upon the air their sweet perfume
                             A7
Lives a dusky maid I long to call my own
B7             E7                A7
For, I know my love for her will never die

When the sun am sinkin' in dat golden West
Little Robin Red Breast gone to seek their nests
Then I sneek down to dat place I love the best
Every evening there alone I sigh                 a  a b c c♯  c♯ d e 

  D                   A7
  Ida, sweet as apple cider
                     D     F♯7
  Sweeter than all I know
  B7                       E7
  Come out, in the silvery moonlight
                                     A7  G♯7/A  A7
  Of love we'll whisper, so soft and low

  D                         A7
  Seems tho' can't live without you
                   D   F♯7
  Listen, oh honey do
  B7        E7
  Ida, I idolize yer
    Bm            E7    A7 D
  I love you Ida, 'deed I  do

When the moon comes stealing up behind the hill
Everything around me seems so calm and stile
Save the gentle calling of the Whippoor Will
Then I long to hold her little hand in mine

Thro' the trees the winds are sighing soft and low
Seem to come and whisper that your love is true
Come and be my own now, sweetheart do, oh do
Then my life will seem almost divine

  Refrain