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Toyland
Words & Music by Glen MacDonough & Victor Herbert, 1903Recorded by Doris Day, 1964
From the Operetta "Babes In Toyland"
D6 D9 F#m Bm G G/F# Em7 A7/6 Edim G D
Toyland, Toyland, lit - tle girl and boy land.
G Gm D B7 E7 A
While you dwell within it, you are ever happy then.
D6 D9 F#m Bm G G/F# Em7 A7/6 Edim G D
Childhood's joy-land, myst - ic mer - ry Toyland,
G Gm D B7 A Em7 Edim A Cdim D
Once you pass it's borders, you can nev - er re - turn a - gain.
A7 D F#m Em7 A7 D F#m Em7 A7
When you've grown up my dears, and are as old as I,
D F#m Bm Bm7/E
You'll often ponder on the years
E Bm7-5 A7 G A7 Edim A7 Em7 A7 A7/6 D
That roll so swiftly by, my dears, that roll so swift - ly by.
A7 D F#m Em7 A7 D F#m Em7 A7
And of the many lands you will have journeyed through,
D F#m Bm Bm7/E
You'll oft recall the best of all --
E Bm7-5 A7 G A7 Edim A7 Em7 A7 A7/6 D
The land your child - hood knew, the land your child - hood knew.
D6 D9 F#m Bm G G/F# Em7 A7/6 Edim G D
Toyland, Toyland, lit - tle girl and boy land.
G Gm D B7 E7 A
While you dwell within it, you are ever happy then.
D6 D9 F#m Bm G G/F# Em7 A7/6 Edim G D
Childhood's joy-land, myst - ic mer - ry Toyland,
G Gm D B7 A Em7 Edim A Cdim D
Once you pass it's borders, you can nev - er re - turn a - gain.
*Suggested by recent visitor Ken Sambuchi
I've taken certain liberties with Day's version here. The bridge she uses is the first half of the first verse of the song; the well-known tune to the refrain is just that, a refrain -- the song as written has two full verses. I included the second half of the first verse (which Day omitted) and charted it as if it carries the same melody as the first half -- but not having heard it, that's a guess on my part.