The Child's Own Music Book/Rock-a-Bye, Baby

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ROCK-A-BYE, BABY

$\new PianoStaff << \new Staff { \time 6/8 \key g \major \tempo "Allegretto" \relative b { b8.$^\p d16 b'8 <a d,>4 g8$ | b,8.$ d16 g8 fis4.$ | c8.$^\cresc d16\! c'8 b4 a8$ | a^\dim g\! e d4. | b8.$ d16 b'8 <a d,>4 g8$ | b,8.$ d16 g8^\cresc fis4\! e8$ | d$^\markup { \italic "rit. e dim." } g <c e,> <b d,> <g b,>4$ | << { a8\( e fis <g b,>4 } \\ { cis,4 c8 } >> r8 \bar "|." } } \addlyrics { Rock -- a -- bye, ba -- by on the tree -- top, When the wind blows the cra -- dle will rock; When the bough breaks the cra -- dle will fall, _ Down will come ba -- \set associatedVoice = "1" by, cra -- dle and all. } \addlyrics { Hush -- a -- bye, ba -- by } \new Staff { \clef bass \key g \major g,4( g8) b,4( b8) | g,4( <b g d>8) a,4( <c' fis d>8) | d4( <a fis>8 d4 <fis c'>8 | <d b>4 <cis bes>8 <b d>4( g,8) | g,4( g8) b,4( b8) | g,4( <b g d>8) <bes cis>4. | <b! d>4 r8 <g d>4. | <a a,>4 <a d>8 <g g,>4 r8 } >>$