My Gentle HarpFor Four-Pan Chorus of Mixed Voices

with Harp or Piano Accompaniment

Thomas Moore

Slow; rich

Irish Tune: '"Londonderry Air"Arranged by Alice Parker

Alto

Tenor

Bass

Harpor

Piano

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of thy slum - bVing_^ strain; In tears our -last— fare~well_ was __ tak- en, Andnowin

of thy slum -_bVjng strain; In lean; our last fare-weli was tak- en, Andnowin

J-of thy slum- b'ring_ strain; In tears our last fare-well_ was_ tak - en, Andnowin

r r r u J *.n Jof thy slum-b'ring strain; 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

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bor - row, One breath of joy, oh, breathe for me, And show the

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world in chains . and sor - row. How sweet thy mu - sic still can be..

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