Way Over Yonder in the Minor Key
Way Over Yonder in the Minor Key

Billy Bragg, Wilco - Way Over Yonder in the Minor Key Lyrics

Singer/Songwriter
Apr 20, 2012
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Way Over Yonder in the Minor Key Music Video

Way Over Yonder in the Minor Key Lyrics

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"

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

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

We walked down by the Buckeye Creek
To see the frog eat the goggle-eye bee
To hear the west wind whistle to the east
There ain't nobody that can sing like me
Ain't nobody that can sing like me

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 that can sing like me
Ain't nobody that can sing like me

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

Her mama cut a switch from a cherry tree
And laid it on the 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

Now I've walked a long long ways
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

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

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

Writer(s): Stephen William Bragg, Woody Guthrie
Copyright(s): Lyrics © Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
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Frequently Asked Questions

  1. Who originally wrote the lyrics for 'Way Over Yonder in the Minor Key'?

    The lyrics were originally written by American folk singer Woody Guthrie.

  2. Who were responsible for setting the lyrics of 'Way Over Yonder in the Minor Key' to music?

    The music for 'Way Over Yonder in the Minor Key' was composed by Billy Bragg and Wilco.

  3. How did Billy Bragg come to work on Woody Guthrie's lyrics?

    Nora Guthrie, Woody Guthrie's daughter, contacted Billy Bragg in the spring of 1995 about writing music for a selection of her father's completed lyrics.

  4. What is special about the Mermaid Avenue project?

    The Mermaid Avenue project involved reviving over a thousand sets of Woody Guthrie's lyrics by setting them to music for the first time, intended to make them relevant to a new generation of listeners.

  5. Did Woody Guthrie write music for his lyrics?

    No, Woody Guthrie did not write music for the lyrics. He left behind only the lyrics with vague stylistic notations.

  6. Where were the recording sessions for the Mermaid Avenue albums held?

    The recording sessions for the Mermaid Avenue albums were held in Ireland, where Billy Bragg and Wilco collaborated.

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