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[stave 1 treble 1 text underlay ulevel -25]
"Fa-ther, dear fa-ther come home with me, now! The clock on the stee-ple"
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"strikes one;= You said you were co-ming straight home from the shop, As"
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"soon as your day's work was done.= Our fire has gone out, our house is"
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"all dark, And mo-ther's been wai-ting since tea,= With poor bro-ther Ben-"
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"ny so sick in her arms, And no one to help her but me.= Come home, come"
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"home, come home!= Please= fa-ther, dear= fa-ther come home.= Hear the"
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"sweet voice of the child,=== Which the night winds re-peat"
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"as they roam!= Oh who could re-sist this most plain-tive of cries,"
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"``Please= fa-ther dear= fa-ther come home.= "
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