X:162
T: the Boat Song
C: C. M. Con Weber
Q: "Moderato."
%R: air, jig, waltz
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/162_the_Boat_Song.abc	 2024-11-27 171624 UT
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w: 1.~On* we are float - ing in sun - shine and shad -* ow,     Soft* are the
w: 2.~Light - ly our boat* on the wa - ter is swing -* ing,     On - ward she
w: 3.~Com - rades, sing on,* while the ech - oes, a-wak -* ing, Join* in your
w: 4.~Soon* will the man - tel of ev'n - ing fall o'er** us,    Soon* will the
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w: rip -ples that sing* as we go,*           Soft - ly they break* on the
w: floats* while the | swift* oars we play,* Gay* are our hearts* as the
w: mu - sic with hap - py re-frain,*         Sing* while the waves* on the
w: day - light fade out* from the sky,*      Then* with the thought* of a
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w: edge* of the mead -* ow,     Woo - ing the grass - es with mel - o-dies low.*
w: songs* we are sing -* ing,   Bright* are our hopes* as the ra - di-ant sky.*
w: sun - ny banks break -* ing, An - swer your | ca - dence with mu - sic a- gain.*
w: wel - come be-fore** us,     Back* thro' the twi - light we'll cheer - ful-ly hie.*
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