X:124
T: Lift Up, O Little Children
T: (Easter Carol.)
%R: air, waltz, jig
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>
N: The chorus has a tall right-brace after the initial word(s); ABC has no notation for this.
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
F:http://roaringjelly.org/~jc/music/book/EverydaySongBook/124_Lift_Up_O_Little_Children.abc 2024-11-23 235006 UT
K: F
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w: 1.~Lift up, O lit-tle chil-dren, Your voi-ces clear and sweet,*
w: 2.~Lift up, O ten-der lil-lies, Your white-ness to the sun;*
w: 3.~Ring, all he bells, in wel-come. Your chimes of joy a-gain!*
V: 2 clef=bass middle=d
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w: And sing the bless-ed sto-ry Of Christ, the Lord of glo-ry,
w: The earth is not our pris-on, Since Christ Him-self hath ris-en,
w: Ring out the night of sad-ness, Ring in the morn of glad-ness,
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w: And wor-ship at his feet,* And wor-ship at his feet!*
w: The life of ev-'re one,* The life of ev-'ry one.*
w: For death no more shall reign,* For death no more shall reign.*
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w: 1\-2.~Oh, sing the bles-ed sto-ry! The Lord of life and glo-ry
w:~~~~3.~Then | | | | |
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w: Is ris-en~\-\- as He said,* Is ris-en from the dead!*
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