F                        C7     F 
High on a hill was a lonely goatherd 
F 
Layee-o-dl layee-o-dl lay-ee-oo 
F                             C7     F 
Loud was the voice of the lonely goatherd 
F 
Layee-o-dl layee-o-dl-oo 


F                              C7     F 
Folks in a town that was quite remote heard 
F 
Layee-o-dl layee-o-dl lay-ee-oo 
F                            C7            F 
Lusty and clear from the goatherd's throat heard 
F 
Layee-o-dl layee-o-dl-oo 


C    F                 C    F 
O-ho laydee-o-dl-ee-o, o-ho laydee-o-dl-lay 
C    F                 G             Bb C 
O-ho laydee-o-dl-ee-o, laydee-o-dl-ee o-lay 


F                             C7        F 
A prince on the bridge of a castle moat heard 
F 
Layee-o-dl layee-o-dl lay-ee-oo 
F                         C7      F 
Men on a road with a load to tote heard 
F 
Layee-o-dl layee-o-dl-oo 


F                       C7         F 
Men in the midst of a table d'hote heard 
F 
Layee-o-dl layee-o-dl lay-ee-oo 
F                               C7     F 
Men drinking beer with the foam afloat heard 
F 
Layee-o-dl layee-o-dl-oo 


F                         C7        F 
One little girl in a pale pink coat heard 
F 
Layee-o-dl layee-o-dl lay-ee-oo 
F                           C7     F 
She yodeled back to the lonely goatherd 
F 
Layee-o-dl layee-o-dl-oo 


F                        C7         F 
Soon her mama with a gleaming gloat heard 
F 
Layee-o-dl layee-o-dl lay-ee-oo 
F                      C7      F 
What a duet for a girl and goatherd 
F 
Layee-o-dl layee-o-dl-oo 


          C7 
Hmm-hm-hmm-hmmmm (hmm-hm-hmm-hmmmm) 
     F 
O-dl-layee (o-dl-layee) 
     C7 
O-dl-lay-hee-hee (o-dl-lay-hee-hee) 
     F 
O-dl-layee 
C7           F 
Ah-ah-ah-ah, laydee-o-dl-lay-o 
C7     F 
Oh-oh, laydee-o-dl-lay 
C7           F 
Ah-ah-ah-ah, laydee-o-dl-lay-o 
G             Bb C 
Laydee-o-dl-lay-o-lay 


F                         C7        F 
One little girl in a pale pink coat heard 
F 
Laydee-o-dl laydee-o-dl lay-woo-woo 
F                           C7     F 
She yodeled back to the lonely goatherd 
F 
Laydee-o-dl laydee-o-dl-oo 


F                        C7         F 
Soon her mama with a gleaming gloat heard 
F              
Laydee-o-dl laydee-o-dl lay-hmm-mmm 
F                      C7      F 
What a duet for a girl and goatherd 
F 
Layee-o-dl layee-o-dl-oo 


F#                         C#7     F# 
Happy are they laydee-o laydee-lee-o 
F# 
O-laydee-o laydee laydee-o 
F#                        C#7  F# 
Soon the duet will become a trio 

Laydee-o-dl laydee-o-dl-oo 


     C#7 
O-dl-layee  
     F# 
O-dl-layee (o-dl-layee) 
     C#7 
O-dl-lay-hee-hee (o-dl-lay-hee-hee) 
     F# 
O-dl-layee 
     C#7 
O-dl-lay o-dl-lay (o-dl-lay o-dl-lay) 
     F# 
O-dl-lay o-dl-lay (o-dl-lay o-dl-lay) 
     C#7 
O-dl-lay o-dl-lay (o-dl-lay o-dl-lay) 
F#                       
Layee-o-dl layee-o-dl-lay 
F# 
Woah!