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K:C z z G | e d c | d c A | G E F | G z G | A B c | w: A mo-ther was ba-thing her ba-by one night The young-est of B A B | c B A | G z G | e d c | d c A | G E F | G z G | w:ten and a de-li-cate mite The mo-ther was poor and the ba-by was thin 'Twas A d c | B A B | c c c | c z G | e d c | d c A | G E F | w:nought but a skel-ing-ton co-vered in skin The mo-ther turn'd round for the soap off the G z G/2G/2 | A B c | B A B | c B A | G z G | e d c | d c A | w: rack She was on-ly a mo-ment but when she turn'd back the ba-by had gone and in G E F | G z G | A d c | B A B | c B c | d z (g | g) (f f) | w:an-guish she cried "Oh where is my ba-by" The an-gel re-plied "oh * your * e c G | c d c | F A z/2 G/2 | c c c | c d c | A2 z | B B B | w:ba-by has gone down the plug hole your ba-by has gone gown the plug Poor lit-tle B A G | B B B | B A G | A A A | A B c | d B A | G z G | w:thing was so skin-ny and thin that he should have been bathed in a jug in a jug Your c c c | c d c | F A z/2 G/2 | c c c | c d c | A z A/2A/2 | B B c | w:ba-by is per-fect-ly hap-py He won't need a bath a-ny-more Cos he's muck-ing a- e z e/2B/2 | c d e | f z A | B2 G | e2 d | c2 z || w:bout with the an-gels a-bove Not lost but gone be-fore. % W: A mother was bathing her baby one night W:The young-est of ten and a delicate mite W:The mother was poor and the baby was thin W:'Twas nought but a skelingTon covered in skin W:The mother turn'd round for the soap off the rack W:She was only a moment but when she turn'd back W:the baby had gone and in anguish she cried W:"Oh where is my baby" The angel replied W:"oh your baby has gone down the plug hole W:your baby has gone gown the plug W:Poor little thing was so skinny and thin W:that he should have been bathed in a jug W:Your baby is perfectly happy W:He won't need a bath anymore W:Cos he's mucking about with the angels above W:Not lost but gone before.

	

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