The Child's Own Music Book/Welsh Lullaby

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1596039The Child's Own Music Book — Welsh LullabyAlbert Ernest WierTraditional

WELSH LULLABY

$\new PianoStaff << \new Staff { \time 4/4 \key f \major \tempo "Andante" << \new Voice = "melody" { \relative f' { \stemUp \repeat unfold 2 { f4.^$ e8 d4^\< f\! | g4.^\> f8\! e4 <c g>$ | <d bes>2 e4. e8 | <f a,>2. r4 | } <bes g>4.^$ <a fis>8 <bes g>4^\< <c a>\! | <d bes> <c a> <bes g> <a fis>$ <bes g d>^$ <a fis c> g4. f8^\markup { \italic "dim. et rit." } | <a e c>4 <g e bes> <f c> <e c>$ | f4.^$^\markup { \italic "a tempo." } e8 d4 f^\< | g4.^\> f8\! e4 <c g> | d2^\( e4. f8 | <f a,>2.$ r4 \bar "|." } } \new Voice = "two" { \relative a { \stemDown a2 bes | b c4 s | s2 g4_$ c8 bes$ | s1 | a2 bes | b_( c4) s | s2 g4_$ c8 bes$ s1 | e | e | s2 <d bes>4 <f! d> | s1 | a,2 bes | b c4 s | bes2 g4_$ c8 bes$ } } >> } \new Lyrics \lyricsto "melody" { \set stanza = #"1. " Sleep, my babe, lie still and slum -- ber, All through the night, Guard -- ian an -- gels God will lend thee, All through the night; Soft the drow -- sy hours are creep -- ing, Hill and vale in slum -- ber steep -- ing Moth -- er, dear, her watch is keep -- ing, All through the night. } \new Lyrics \lyricsto "melody" { \set stanza = #"2. " God is here, thou'lt not be lone -- ly, All through the night, 'Tis not I who guards thee on -- ly All through the night; Night's dark shades will soon be o -- ver, Still my watch -- ful care shall hov -- er, God with me His watch is keep -- ing, All through the night. } \new Staff { \clef bass \key f \major <c f,>2 <bes, f,> | <d g,> c4( e) | <f bes,>2 c4( c,) | f,( c f,) r | <c f,>2 <bes, f,> | <d g,> c4( e) | <f bes,>2 c4( c,) | f,8( f c a, f,4) r | <c c'>2 c | <c g>1 | g,4 a, bes, b, | << { r4 g( a bes) } \\ { c1 } >> <c f,>2 <bes, f,> | <d g,> c4( e) | bes,$ g, c c,$ | f,2. r4 } >>$