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Dreaming

Lyrics (Melody by Milton Wellings & Lyrics by Edward Oxenford) Once again I saw the riverWhere the water lilies growWhere the willow branches quiverAs the gentle zephyrs blowAnd I heard those well lov’d accentsThat once held my heart in thrallAnd ...

Der Mond ist aufgegangen

Lyrics (Melody by Johann Abraham Peter Schulz, 1790, Germany, Lyrics by Matthias Claudius, 1779) Der Mond ist aufgegangen,Die goldnen Sternlein prangen,Am Himmel hell und klar;Der Wald steht schwarz und schweiget,Und aus den Wiesen steigetDer weiße Nebel wunderbar. Wie ist die ...

Apples and Plums

Lyrics (Melody by Percy Jackman, Lyrics by M.C. Gillington) RefrainApples and plums are red, apples and plums are green,Apples and plums are red and we’re the king and queen.1. Nod your head like this, nod your head like that,All in a row ...

The Airplane

Lyrics (Melody by Helen S. Leavitt, Lyrics by Celia Standish) Humming, steadily humming,Far overhead in the sky the airplane goes by,It’s coming, nearer it’s coming!Just like a wonderful dragonfly. See also Subject: airplanes Harmony: chords I, IV, V Meter: 3 ...

Musical Mouse

Lyrics (Melody by Adolf Weidig, Lyrics by May Morgan) Part II dreamt when I was practicing my exercises o’erA little mouse came creeping out and dancing on the floor,I thought his taste was very strange, I’d never caper so,For such ...

Down on Smiley’s Farm

Lyrics (Helen Howarth Lemmel) What says the dog, now, tell me, say,Down on Smiley’s farm?“Bow wow wow wow wow,” says the dog,Down on Smiley’s farm. What says the turkey, tell me pray,Down on Smiley’s farm?“Gobble gobble gobble gobble gobble,” says ...

Major-General’s Song

Lyrics (Music by Arthur Sullivan, Lyrics by W. S. Gilbert in Pirates of Penzance) 1. SoloI am the very model of a modern Major-General,I’ve information vegetable, animal, and mineral,I know the kings of England, and I quote the fights historicalFrom ...