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Woodbury, I. B. (Issac Baker), 1819-1858 (ed.) / The new lute of Zion: a collection of sacred music, designed for the use of congregations generally, but more especially the Methodist Episcopal Church
(c1856)
The music teacher, pp. [III]-XXXVIII
Page XXXI
THE WIFE'S WELCOME. Chorus.
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1. The hearth is swept, the fire is bright, The ket- tie sings for thee;
The cloth is spread, the lamps are light, The hot cakes smoke in napkn wht
1. The hearth is swept, the fire is bright, The ket- tie sings for thee;
The cloth is spread, the lamps are light, The hot cakes smoke in napkins
whit, M
. The hearth is swept, the fire is bright, Th~e ket - tle sings for thee;
The cloth is spread, the lamps are light, The hot cakes snioke in napkins
white,
b-- -F- -- - The clock
ticks listeingly.
.....
Th2ZLZ~e blinds are shut, the curtain down,
The arm-chair to the fireside drawn,
And now I wait for thee, And now I wait for thee, And now I
wait for thee. The boy is on my knee.
~ ~# F~i~~
Thy tak is done, we miss t he ei;
....... " ....... . ..........Whre'er thy footsteps roam,
now I wait for thee, And now I wait for thee, And now
I wait for thee. No hand will spread such kindly
chow
--.__-_-____ _ -_-_-_ - ,- ---
._ _#No beating heart, no listenitig enr,
And now I wait for ----
---thee, And now I wait for thee, And now I wait for
thee. Aha I along the crisp walks fast
..... ..... __0 . ...That well known step
doth con
___ -i-va-rn-[s --Th babe is wild with joy at
last,-
.........A thousan welcomes home.
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