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The Riverside song book/The Little House on the Hill

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2612177The Riverside song book — The Little House on the HillFranz SchubertAlice Cary


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Alice Cary.
Franz Schubert.
\relative c' { << \new Voice = "a" { \time 6/8 \key f \major \partial 8 \autoBeamOff << c8 \\ c >> <f a>4 <f a>8 <f a>8[<g bes>] <e g> << { g[f] f f4 f8 } \\ { e[f] f f4 f8 } >> <e g>4 <e g>8 <e g>(<f a>) <d f> <f a>4.(<e g>4) <e c'>8 <f c'>[<a f'>] <f a> <fis a>( ~ <fis d'>) <a c> <a c>[<g bes>] <g bes> <e g>4 <f a>8 << { bes[a] } \\ { e4 } >> <e g>8 <e g>( ~ <e a>) <e bes'> <e d'>( ~ <e c'>) <e c'> <e c'>4 <e c'>16 ~ <e c'> <e d'>8 <d bes'> <d g> << { e[c'] } \\ { c,4 } >> <c e>8 <c g'>4.( ~ <c f>4) \bar ".." } \new Lyrics \lyricmode { \set associatedVoice = #"a" \set stanza = #"1. " O8 Mem4 -- o8 -- ry,4 be8 sweet4 to8 me–4 Take,8 take4 all8 else4 at8 will,4. \skip4 So8 thou4 but8 leave4 me8 safe4 and8 sound,4 With8 -- out4 a8 to -- ken my heart4 to8 wound,4 The8 lit -- tle house on4 the8 hill!4. } \new Lyrics \lyricmode { \set associatedVoice = #"a" \set stanza = #"2. " Take8 vio4 -- let8 -- bed,4 and8 rose4 -- tree8 red,4 The8 pur4 -- ple8 flags by the mill,4. \skip4 The8 mead4 -- ow8 gay,4 the8 gar4 -- den8 -- ground,4 But8 leave,4 oh8 leave4 me,8 safe4 and8 sound,4 The8 lit -- tle house on4 the8 hill! } \new Lyrics \lyricmode { \set associatedVoice = #"a" \set stanza = #"3. " Take8 all4 of8 best4 from8 east4 to8 west,4 So8 thou4 but8 leave4 me8 still4. \skip4 The8 cham4 -- ber,8 where in the star4 -- ry8 light4 I8 used4 to8 lie4 a8 -- wake4 at8 night4 And8 list to the whip4 -- poor8 -- will.4. } \new Lyrics \lyricmode { \set associatedVoice = #"a" \set stanza = #"4. " Ah,8 Mem4 -- o8 -- ry,4 be8 sweet4 to8 me!4 All8 oth4 -- er8 foun4 -- tains8 chill;4. \skip4 But8 leave4 that8 song4 so8 weird4 and8 wild,4 Dear8 as4 its8 life to the heart of the child,4 In16 the lit8 -- tle house on4 the8 hill!4. } \new Staff { \time 6/8 \key f \major \partial 8 \autoBeamOff \clef bass \relative c { <c c'>8 <f c'>4 <f c'>8 <c c'>4 <c bes'>8 << { bes'[a] } \\ { f4 } >> <f a>8 <f a>4 <f a>8 <c c'>4 <c c'>8 <c c'> ~ <c c'> <c b'> <c c'>4. ~ <c c'>4 <c bes'>8 << { a'[c] } \\ { f,4 } >> <ees c'>8 <d c'> ~ <d c'> <fis d'> <g d'>4 <bes d>8 << c4 \\ c >> <a c>8 <g c>4 << c8 \\ bes >> << c8 ~ \\ bes( >> <a c>) <g c> <f bes>( ~ <f a>) <f a> <f a>4 <f a>16 ~ <f a> <bes, bes'>8 <bes bes'> <bes bes'> << { g'[bes] } \\ { c,4 } >> <c bes'>8 <f bes>4.( ~ <f a>4) } } >> }
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