E5
Summer is coming, catfish are jumping
                D5               A5
The willows are weeping up the river
             E5
Mandaddy's wagon comes rattling and dragging
             A5       B5
His magical route
                     E5
He's bringing ghost stories and bright penny whistles
               D5                  A5
White Chinese muzzles in tins of glory
            E5                          D5      A5        E5
Look on the horizon and see the dust rolling down the road

Chorus:
     B5                      A5         E5
My name is Mandaddy and I roam these hills
     B5                        A5          E5
I sing and I whistle and I'll cure your ills
     A5            C#5                       F#5
Oh Mandaddy, Oh Mandaddy's gonna cure your ills
   B5                        E5
Mandaddy's gonna cure your ills

    E5
He walks like a farmer, talks like warm water
              D5              A5
Smells like tobacco and gun powder
                   E5
He's bringing red garters and bright copper kettles
                   A5          B5
and brown leather shoes
               E5
He says, "I remember when your folks was young'uns
               D5                 A5
Laughing and running in Indian summer
                  E5                        D5       A5        E5
They'd watch the horizon and see the dust rolling down the road!"


Chorus

             E5
Everything changes, it's only natural
          D5                 A5
Nothing remains as it once started
                 E5
This time next summer I may not be here, hear what I say
              E5
Children I love you, you make life worth living
                   E5                      A5
The rivers worth crossing the gifts worth giving
              E5                          D5    A5       E5
Look on the horizon and see the dust rolling down the road


Chorus

transcribed by Erik Karlsson