X:46
T: Can a Little Child like me?
C: words: Mary Mapes Dodge.
C: music: W. R. Bassford.
%R: air, march
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: 2/4
L: 1/8
F:http://roaringjelly.org/~jc/music/book/EverydaySongBook/046_Can_a_Littld_Chile_Like_Me.abc	 2024-11-23 235545 UT
K: Bb
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[| F B B B | B A A2 | A G A G | G> F F2 |
w: 1.~Can a lit-tle child, like me,      Thank the Fa-ther fit-ting-ly?
w: 2.~For the fruit up-on the tree,      For the birds that sing to Thee,
w: 3.~For the sun-shine warm and bright, For the day and for the night;
w: 4.~For our com-rades and our plays,   And our hap-py hol-i-days,
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   F B B B | B A A2 | "^poco rig."c A F c/B/ | A G F2 |
w: Yes, oh yes! be good and true,  Pa-tient, kind in* all you do,
w: For the earth in beau-ty drest, Fa-ther, moth-er,* and the rest;
w: For the les-sons of our youth,  Hon-or, grat-i-*tude and truth;
w: For the joy-ful work and true,  That a lit-tle* child may do;
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   G G c B | B> A A2 | B B d c | B> A A2 |
w: Love the Lord and do your part;  Learn to say with all your heart:
w: For Thy pre-cious, lov-ing care, For Thy boun-ty ev-'ry-where.
w: For the love that met us here,   For the home and for the cheer,
w: For our lives but just be-gun,   For the great gift of Thy Son,
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"^Refrain."B2 F> F | A2 G2 | c2 G> G | B2 A2 |
w: Fa-ther, we thank Thee! Fa-ther, we thank Thee!
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w: Fa-ther in heav-en, we thank_ Thee!
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