X:160
T: Down On the Shore
N: Copyright, 1912, by the Cable Co.
C: Mary Sanford Morrison
C: words: M. S. M.
N: This is version 2, for ABC software that understands voice overlays.
Q: "Lightly, with gay swinging rhythm."
%R: air, 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>
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
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F:http://roaringjelly.org/~jc/music/book/EverydaySongBook/160%3DDown_On_the_Shore-V2.abc	 2024-11-23 233746 UT
K: Eb
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V: 2
V: 3 clef=bass middle=d
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[V:1] [| B c G B c G | B c G B3 | G F E G F E | G3 z2z |
w: 1.~Give us the stones on the shin-ing white sands, Down by the side of the lake;
w: 2.~Or, if we tire of the car-pen-ter's trade,      Come, let's be cooks for an hour!
w: 3.~Some-times we're min-ers who dig for fine gold, Some-times we're pir-ates in caves;
[V:2] [| BcG BcG & E6 | BcG B3 & E6 | GFE GFE & C3 =B,3 | [G3_B,3] z2z |
[V:3] [| Ez (B [ge]) z(B | E)z (B[ge]) z(B | E)z (c[ge]) z=B | (E_Bc deg) |
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[V:1] B c G B c G | B c G B3 | B =A G A D A | (G3 B3) |
w: Shov-el and pail and a pair of brown hands,      Then see the things we can make!*
w: Here is an ov-en of stones we have made,         Here is white sand for our flour.*
w: Some-times we're sail-ors, so dash-ing and bold, Guid-ing our boats thro' the waves.*
[V:2] BcG BcG & E6 | BcG B3 & E3 E3 | B=AG ADA & D3 C3 | ([G3B,3] [B3D3]) |
[V:3] Ez (B[ge]) z(B | E)z (B[ge]) z(B | D)z (d^f) z(B | E) zd a2B |
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w: Church-es with steep-les and cas-tles with tow'rs, Forts where the can-nons may roar;
w: Mix it with wa-ter and stir up a dough,            Set it to rise in the sun;
w: Then where the shad-ows live long on the sand,     Tired, hap-py chil-dren once more,
[V:2] "^>"edc "^>"dcB & [G3E3] [A3D3] | cBG [B2D2]z & [G3E3] x3 | [cG]B(G E)FE & _D6 | [c3E3C3] z2z |
[V:3] Ez (Ba) z(B | E)z (Ba) z(B | E)z (B[ge]) zB | "^rit."(Aef gac') |
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w: Hous-es and gar-dens with beds of sweet flow'rs, Grow on the sand by the shore!
w: Cook in the ov-en a half hour or so,             That's how our bak-ing is done!
w: Home-ward we go to the Rock-a-by Sand,           Say-ing "Good-night" to the shore.
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