This file is part of a collection that (moreso than the rest of the site) are not meant to be detailed or accurate transcriptions of the original recordings. They're just some simple chord charts that I made for my own use, some of them my own arrangements.
- T-rev
"RUM DITTY DAT" by Frank Meyer www.papermoonshiners.com
From his 2001 album Scrounger's Paradise
and his 2005 album Get Serious, Mr. Pancake
Written by F. Meyer (Ditty Dat Music, BMI)
Transcribed by T-rev www.t-rev.net
Dm ... Am ... E7 A
Dm C
Late one night when I was sleeping in my bed
G G Am
I had the strangest dream that I was nothing but a head
Dm C
I had no arms to wave nor legs to run
G G Am
When someone shot me out of a great big gun
Dm C
I flew past some birds way up in the air
G G Am
And a bat and an eagle got caught in my hair
Dm C
So I made a weird face and I stuck out my tongue
G G Am
Then the three of us were singers and this is what we sung
Am Am
Hi ho he hay rum ditty dat
Am E7 Am
I'm a flying head with an eagle and a bat
Am Am
Hi ho he hay rum ditty dat
Am
Let's face these things together
E7 Am
then we'll all know where we're at
Dm C
Then the bat and the eagle and I were going home
G G Am
But the wind blew them off and I was all alone
Dm C
Drifting in the clouds, slowing floating down
G G Am
I could see the little lights of a strange medieval town
Dm C
Then I landed and with a thud in a kitchen full of bread
G G Am
And a man looked at me like he thought I'd lost my head
Dm C
The next thing that I knew, I was sitting with a king
G G Am
A jester did a somersault, and we all began to sing
Am Am
Hi ho he hay rum ditty ding
Am E7 Am
I'm another head with a jester and a king
Am Am
Hi ho he hay rum ditty dat
Am
Let's face these things together
E7 Am
then we'll all know where we're at
Dm C
Then the king he says well boy what's happened to your bod
G G Am
I told him it's a secret between me and my god
Dm C
I knew I didn't know but I couldn't make it seem
G G Am
Like I'd just left my body in another dream
Dm C
Then the king began to laugh, and he got right in my face
G G Am
And he called on his court and they tried up my case
Dm C
They said I stood accused, unable, and without
G G Am
But I rolled up to the stand and then commenced to shout
Am Am
Hi ho he hay rum ditty dan
Am E7 Am
I'm another case without a leg to stand
Am Am
Hi ho he hay rum ditty dat
Am
Let's face these things together
E7 Am
then we'll all know where we're at
Dm C
Then the king began to cry, and he called for his queen
G G Am
The trumpet sang out but she was nowhere to be seen
Dm C
And he reached into his pocket and pulled out a charm
G G Am
Placed it on my head and I grew a pair of arms
Dm C
Then the minstrels played & I looked down & had a pair of feet
G G Am
And I danced around a horse with a feeling so complete
Dm C
And I rode out of that dream with a tear in my eye
G G Am
Passed the queen on the way, she smiled and said goodbye
Am Am
Hi ho he hay rum ditty die
Am E7 Am
I passed the queen on the way she smiled & said goodbye
Am Am
Hi ho he hay rum ditty dee
Am E7 Am
Why we do the things we do & dream the dreams we dream
Am Am
Hi ho he hay rum ditty dat
Am
Let's face these things together
E7 Am
then we'll all know where we're at
Transcribed 2026-08-30 by T-rev
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xx0231 Dm and x0x231 Dm/A
x02210 Am and 0x2210 Am/E
0x2130 E7 and x22130 E7/B
x32010 C and 3x2010 C/G
3xx003 G and xx0003 G/D
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