Beautiful Dreamer

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1.
Beautiful dreamer, wake unto me,
Starlight and dewdrops are waiting for thee;
Sounds of the rude world, heard in the day,
Lull'd by the moonlight have all pass'd away!
Beautiful dreamer, queen of my song,
List while I woo thee with soft melody;
Gone are the cares of life's busy throng,
Beautiful dreamer, awake unto me!
Beautiful dreamer, awake unto me!

2.
Beautiful dreamer, out on the sea
Mermaids are chanting the wild lorelie;
Over the streamlet vapors are borne,
Waiting to fade at the bright coming morn.
Beautiful dreamer, beam on my heart,
E'en as the morn on the streamlet and sea;
Then will all clouds of sorrow depart,
Beautiful dreamer, awake unto me!
Beautiful dreamer, awake unto me!

$% \grace {s8} because LilyPond doesn't deal well with grace notes at the start of the piece % This is a known bug in LilyPond that has been a problem since 2006 and nobody's found a way to fix Lilypond in all that time \parallelMusic Singer, PianoUp, PianoDown { \time 9/8 \key ees \major | \time 9/8 \tempo "Moderato" \key ees \major | \time 9/8 \key ees \major | % Measure 1 \grace { s8 } R8*9 | \appoggiatura {g8} ees'8 d ees bes4. g4. | \grace { s8 } ees8 g bes ees bes g ees' bes g | % Measure 2 R8*9 | \appoggiatura { g8 } f8 e f c'4. ~ 4. | aes,8 aes'8 c f c aes f' c aes | % Measure 3 R8*9 | bes8 aes' g g f e f c d | bes,8 aes' bes d bes aes d bes aes | % Measure 4 R8*9 | ees!4. ~ 4. ~ 4. \bar "|." \break | ees8 g bes ees bes g ees4. | % Measure 5 (System 2 Measure 1 in the source) ees8 d ees bes4. g | r8 g,, bes g' bes, g ees' bes g | \oneVoice <ees, ees'>2. r4. | % 6 f8 e f c'4. ~ 4. | r8 aes c aes' c, aes f' c aes | <aes, aes'>2. r4. | } << \new Staff \with { \RemoveAllEmptyStaves } { \new Voice = "Singer" \relative c'' { \autoBeamOff \Singer } } \new Lyrics \lyricsto "Singer" { \lyricmode{ Beau -- ti -- ful dream -- er, wake un -- to me, __ Starlight and dewdrops are waiting for thee; Sounds of the rude world, heard in the day, Lull'd by the moonlight have all pass'd away! Beautiful dreamer, queen of my song, List while I woo thee with soft melody; Gone are the cares of life's busy throng, Beautiful dreamer, awake unto me! Beautiful dreamer, awake unto me! } } \new PianoStaff << \new Staff {\relative c'' { \PianoUp } } \new Staff { << \new Voice { \clef "bass" \voiceOne \relative c { \PianoDown } } \new Voice { \clef "bass" \voiceTwo \relative c { \grace { s8 } ees2. r4. | aes,2. r4. | bes2. r4. | ees2. ees4. } } >> } >> >>$