1.

                 |G     / /         C         |G       / /
Oh, the night was clear - - and the stars were shinin',
        /        |Am / D    /           |G   / /
And the moon came up - - so quiet in the sky,
            /               |G     / /           C         |G      / / 
And all the people gathered 'round - - while the band was a-tunin',
      /        |Am  / D          /                 |G    / /
I can hear them now - - playin' "Comin' Through the Rye".

2.

She was dressed in blue, and she looked so lovely,
Just a gentle flower, of a small town girl,
Then he took her hand, and they danced to the music,
With a single smile she became his world.

chorus 1:

                   |C     / D        /             |G    / Em
And they danced all night - - to the fiddle and the banjo,
      /       |Am    / D           /       |G   / /
Their driftin' tunes - - seemed to fill the air,
    /    |Am / D          /       |G      / Em  
So long a-go - - but they still re-member,
          /      |Am   / D        /        |G    / / - |
When they fell in love - - at the Roseville Fair.

3.

Now they courted well, and they courted dearly,
They'd rock for hours, in the front porch chair,
Then a year went by, from the time that he met  her,
And he made her his, at the Roseville Fair.

chorus 1:

solo:

chorus 2:

So here's a song, for all of the lovers,
And here's a tune, that you can share,
May you dance all night, to the fiddle and the banjo,
The way they did, at the Roseville Fair.

coda:

The way they did, at the Roseville Fair.