the Little Dustman

X: 96
T: the Little Dustman
C: Brahms
%R: air, lullaby
B: "The Everyday Song Book", 1927
F: http://www.library.pitt.edu/happybirthday/pdf/The_Everyday_Song_Book.pdf
Z: 2017 John Chambers <jc:trillian.mit.edu>
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
K: G
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D2 | G3 A B2 A2 | G4 F2 G2 | (AB) c2 (BA) G2 | A4 z2 |]
w: 1.~The flow-ers all are sleep-ing, Be-neath* the moon's* bright ray;
w: 2.~At ev-'ry win-dow peep-ing,     The dust-*man shows* his head;
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D2 | G3 A B2 A2 | G4 F2 G2 | (AB) c2 (BA) G2 | A4 z2 |]
w: They not their heads to-geth-er, And dream* the night* a-way.
w: To see if all good chil-dren     Are fast* a-sleep* in bed;
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(Bc) | d2 B2 c2 d2 | e3 d c2 (AB) | c2 c2 B2 d2 | A6 z2 |
w: The* mur-m'ring trees wave too and fro, And* whis-per soft and low,
w: And* sprin-kles dust with-in the eyes   Of* ev-'ry one he spies.
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(d3 B) A4 | (B3 A) (GA) (Bc) | d2 GA B2 A2 | G4 z2 |]
w: Sleep_ on, sleep._ on,* Sleep* on, my* lit-tle one.
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