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 1, for ABC software that doesn't understand 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
F:http://roaringjelly.org/~jc/music/book/EverydaySongBook/160-Down_On_the_Shore-V1.abc	 2024-11-23 235406 UT
K: Eb
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V: 2           brace=2
V: 3 clef=bass middle=d
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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;
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[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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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.*
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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,
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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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