PARTS: Soprano Alto Tenor Bass All
KEY: bold = first beat of bar ^ = rest Underline = triplet backing vocal = [text]
068 - Mister Sandman
Verse 1
Mister Sandman, (Sopranos)Sandman bring me a dream
^ make him the cu-test that I’ve ever seen
^ Give him two lips like ro-ses in clover
^ And tell him that his lonesome nights are ov-er
Verse 2
Sandman, (Sopranos)Sandman I’m so alone
^ Don’t have no-body to call my own
Please turn on your magic beam
Mister Sandman bring me a dream
(Sopranos)Bom, Bom, Bom, Bom, Bom,Bom,Bom, Bom, Bom, Bom, Bom, Bom, Bom ^
Bom, Bom, Bom, Bom, Bom, Bom, Bom, Bom, Bom, Bom, Bom, Bom, Bom ^
Verse 3
Mister Sandman, (Sopranos)Sandman bring me a dream
^ make her the cu-test that I’ve ever seen
^ Give her the word that I’m not a rover;
^ And tell her that her lonesome nights are ov-er
Verse 4
Sandman, (Sopranos)Sandman I’m so alone
^ Don’t have no-body to call my own
Please turn on your magic beam
Mister Sandman bring me a dream
(Sopranos)Bom, Bom, Bom, Bom, Bom,Bom,Bom, Bom, Bom, Bom, Bom, Bom, Bom ^
Bom, Bom, Bom, Bom, Bom, Bom, Bom, Bom, Bom, Bom, Bom, Bom, Bom ^
Verse 5
Mister Sandman, (Sopranos)Sandman bring us a dream
^ give us a pair of eyes with come hither gleam.
^ Give him a lone-ly heart like Pag-li-ac-ci
^ And lots of wa-vy hair like Lib-er-a-ce (straight on →) Mister…
Verse 6
…Sandman, (Sopranos)Sandman some-one to hold
^ would be so pea-chy be-fore we’re too old
So please turn on your magic beam
Mister Sandman bring us
Please please please
Mister Sandman bring us a dream–
(Sopranos)Bom, Bom, Bom, Bom, Bom,Bom,Bom, Bom
Please— bring— us— a— dream!
Words and music by Pat Ballard, published in 1954, first recorded in that year by the Chordettes.