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Slumber my Darling

by Stephen Foster/ Allison Kraus · posted by dbriseno

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Blow note
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Draw note
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Half-step bend
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Chord — relevant hole numbers in parentheses
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This is a great song by the same composer that wrote "beautiful dreamer."  The Allison Krauss version is awesome, and it's much slower than the midi I posted.
1. 
  5     -4    4    -4    5    -4     4    -5  -6   6
Slum-ber  my  dar-ling, thy  moth-er  is  near,
   7      -7    -6      6          -5    5    5   -5    4     -4
Guard-ing  thy  dreams  from  all  ter-ror  and  fear.
 5      -4     4      -4    5     -4    4    5      -6     6
Sun-light  has  past  and  the  twi-light  has  gone,
  -6    -7    7     7    -4     -4    5        -4    4     4
Slum-ber  my  dar-ling, the  night's com-ing  on.
   6      -4   6      -5  5       6     7
Sweet  vis-ions  at-tend  thy  sleep,
  -4    -4    -4    6   -5   5
Fond-est, dear-est  to  me,
   6      -4   6     -5      5   6      7
While  oth-ers  their  rev-els  keep,
-7 -7    -6     -7 -6    6
I  will  watch  ov-er  thee.

Refrain:
 5     -4      4    -4    5     -4    4       5   -6   6
Slum-ber, my  darl-ing, the  birds  are  at  rest,
7     -7    -6      6     -5   5       5         -4   4     -4
Wan-der-ing  dews  by  the  flowers  are  car-essed,
 5     -4      4     -4   5    -4    4       5     -6    6
Slum-ber, my  darl-ing, I'll  wrap  thee  up  warm,
 -6     -7    7     7   4      -4      5        -4     4        4     
Pray  that  the  an-gels  will  shield  thee  from  harm.

2.
Slumber my darling, till morn's blushing ray
Brings to the world the glad tidings of day:
Fill the dark void with thy dreamy delight--
Slumber, thy mother will guard thee to-night.
Thy pillow shall sacred be
From all outward alarms;
Thou, thou are the world to me
In thine innocent charms.

Refrain:
Play on a harmonica— watch which holes to blow & draw, with sound

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