1. My Gentle Harp
For Four-Pan Chorus of Mixed Voices
with Harp or Piano Accompaniment
Thomas Moore Irish Tune: '"Londonderry Air"
Slow; rich Arranged by Alice Parker
My gen-tie harp, once more_ I wak - en The swe«t-ness
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of thy slum - bVing_^ strain; In tears our -last— fare~well_ was __ tak- en, Andnowin
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of thy slum- b'ring_ strain; In tears our last fare-well_ was_ tak - en, Andnowin
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In tears our last fare-well was tak- en, Andnowin
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Recorded by the Robert Shaw Chorale in RCA Victor Album LM/LSC-2992. Approximate duration: 3:20
by the Lawson-Gould Music Publishers, Inc.,
International Copyright Secured
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ask for notes_ of pleas - ure, My droop-ing harp, from chords_ like—
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Harp one octavo higher if necessary
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5. bor - row,_Onc breaih of joy, oh, breathe for_ me,
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bor - row, Onebrcaihof joy, oh, breathe_ for me, And show the
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bor - row, One breath of joy, oh, breathe for me, And show the
thy mu - sic can be.
world in chains_ and— sor - row. How sweet thy mu - sic_still_ can_ be.
world in chains and_ sor - row. How sweet thy mu - sic_ still can be.
world in chains . and sor - row. How sweet thy mu - sic still can be..
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