Standard Tuning: Capo II Intro: Verse 1: Here's a hymn to welcome in the day, heralding a summer's early sway And all the bulbs are coming in to begin The thrushes bleeding battle with the wrens disrupts my reverie again Verse 2: Use verse 1 chords Pegging clothing on the line Training jazzmen how to find up the arbor to your door, anymore Standing on the landing with the war you shouldered all the night before Chorus 1: Once upon it, yellow bonnets, garland all along You were waking and day was breaking, a panoply of song And summer comes to Springville Hill Verse 3: use verse 1 chords A barony of ivy in the trees, expanding out its empire by degrees And all the branches burst to bloom, in the boon Heaven sent this card and all maroon did decorate our living room Chorus 2: use chorus 1 chords Once upon it, yellow bonnets, garland all along You were waking, day was breaking, a panoply of song And summer comes to Springville Hill Bridge: And years from now when this old light isn't ambling anymore Will I bring myself to writ-e-ite-e-ite-ite-e-ite I give my best to Springville Hill Interlude: , then , then Chorus 3: use chorus 1 chords Once upon it, yellow bonnets, garland all along You were waking, day was breaking, a panoply of song And summer comes to Springville Hill

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