The Child's Own Music Book/Scotch Lullaby

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SCOTCH LULLABY


\new PianoStaff << \new Staff { \time 6/8 \key bes \major \tempo "Andantino" \partial 8 << \new Voice = "melody" { \relative f' { \stemUp f8^\p | <bes d,>8.^\( <a c,>16 <bes d,>8\) a f f | q8.^\( <a c,>16 <bes d,>8\) <c ees,>4 <a ees>8 | <bes d,>8.^\( <a c,>16 <bes d,>8\) g16 ees8. c'16( bes) | a8.\( g16 a8\) <bes d,>4 bes8 | bes8. a16 g8 <a c,>8.^\(^\cresc g16\! <f a,>8\) | <g bes,>^\( d <e bes>\) <f a,>4 a16^\( a\) | <bes g d>8.\( g16 <c e,>8\) <a f c>\( f <d bes>\)^\dim | c16\!^\( <a' c,>8. <g bes>8\) <f a,>4\fermata \times 2/3 { f16 g a } | <bes d,>8.^\p^\( <a c,>16 <bes d,>8\) <c ees,>^\( <a ees> <f ees>\) | <bes d,>8.^\( <a c,>16 <bes d,>8\) <c ees,>4 <f, ees>8 | <bes d,>8. <a c,>16 <bes d,>8 g16\(^\markup { \italic "rit. e dim." } ees8.\) <ees c'>16 bes' | a8. g16 a16( c) <bes d,>4 \bar "|." } } \new Voice = "two" { \relative e' { \stemDown s8 | s4. ees | s2. | s4. s4 ees8 | ees4. s | d s | s s4 c8 | s2.*4 | s4. bes4 ees8 | ees4 ees8 } } >> } \new Lyrics \lyricsto "melody" { \set stanza = #"1. " Oh, hush thee, my ba -- by, thy sire was a knight. Thy moth -- er a la -- dy, both love -- ly and bright; The woods and the glens, from the towers which we see, They _ all are be -- long -- ing, dear ba -- by, to thee. Oh, _ _ hush thee, my ba -- by, Thy sire was a knight, Oh, hush thee, my ba -- by, So __ _ bon -- nie, so __ bright. } \new Lyrics \lyricsto "melody" { \set stanza = #"2. " Oh, fear not the bu -- gle, tho' loud -- ly it blows, It calls but the warders that guard thy re -- pose; Their bows would be bend -- ed, their blades would be red, Ere the step of a foe -- man draws near to thy bed. } \new Staff { \clef bass \key bes \major r8 | <bes, f>4 r8 <f, f>4 r8 | <bes, f>4 r8 <a, f>4 r8 | <bes, f>4 r8 e4( c8) | f4( f,8) bes,4 r8 | g4 bes8 c8.\( e16 f8\) | bes,4( c8) f,4 f8 | g4 c8 f <f a,> <f bes,> | <f c>4 <e c>8 <f f,>4\fermata r8 | <bes, f>4 r8 <f a> r q | <bes, bes>4 r8 <f a>4 q8 | <bes, bes>4 r8 <ees, ees>4 r8 | <f, f>4 f,8 bes4 } >>
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