Over The Mountain Across The Sea:Johnnie And Joe.
#3 on R&B and #8 on BB Hot 100 on CHESS Records
in 1957.

INTRO:
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Over the moun..tain....across the sea, there's a girl, 
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a-waiting for me.

#1.
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Cross over the river, (ayy-ayy) beyond every cloud..
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she's passed the wind that's blowing loud.
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Over the mountain, a girl waits for me..eee..eee..eee..
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eee..ee.

#2.
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Tell all the sands and every blade of grass..please tell 
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the wind to let my love pass.
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Over the mountain, a girl waits for me..ee..ee..ee..ee..
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ee..

BRIDGE:
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Tell the moon up in the sky..tell the birds that fly by.
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That over and over and over the mountain, my love waits 

for me..ee..ee..ee..(waits for me.)

#3.
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Into each dark and starry night..oh, what a mystery that's 
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sealed so tight.
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Over the mountain, a girl waits for me..ee..ee..ee..ee

OUTRO:(Girl speaking:)
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Darling, here I am, over the mountain..but all the mountains
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in the world couldn't stop your love fom my heart.
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We made a vow, a vow that our love was strong..(Fade.)


A fifties smash from Kraziekhat.