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T:After The Ball
C:C K Harris 1892
N:Music Hall
Q:3/8=120
M:3/4
L:1/4
Z:Webmaster
K:Bb
D3 | F2 D | G3 | D3 | F2 D | G2 D | (A3 | A) z z |
w:A lit-tle mai-den climbed an old man's knees,
E3 | G2 E | A3 | E3 | A3 | d2 c | (C3 | C3) |
w:Begged for a sto-ry: "Do un-cle, please! -
C3 | F2 D | G3 | D3 | d3 | e2 d | (G3 | G) z z |
w:Why are you sin-gle, why live a-lone-
G3 | A2 B | d3 | F3 | c3 | A2 F | (B3 | B) z z |
w:Have you no ba-bies, have you no home-"
B3 | d2 B | A3 | ^F3 | G3 | A2 B | (F3 | F) z z |
w:"I had a sweet-heart, years, years a-go-
G3 | A2 B | F3 | B3 | G3 | A2 B | (C3 | C) z z |
w:Where she is now, pet, you will soon know -
D3 | F2 D | G3 | D3 | d3 | e2 d | (G3 | G2) z |
w:List to the sto-ry, I'll tell it all -
G2 G | A2 B | D3 | F3 | c3 | A2 F | (B3 | B) z z |
w:I be-liev-ed her faith-less af-ter the ball.
P:chorus
d f3/2 d/2 | B2 G | B3 | F3 | d f3/2 d/2 | G2 D | (A3 | G) z z |
w:Af-ter the ball is ov-er, af-ter the break of morn,
e g3/2 e/2 | d2 c | ^B3 | c3 | c d3/2 c/2 | A2 F | (f3 | f) z z |
w:Af-ter the dan-cers' lea-ving, af-ter the stars are gone,
d f3/2 d/2 | B2 G | B3 | F3 | ^F c e | g2 f | (e3 | e) z z |
w:Ma-ny a heart is ach-ing, if you could read them all-
f c c | c d e | d3 | F3 | G3 | A2 F | (B3/2 | B) z z ||
w:Ma-ny the hopes that have va-nished af-ter the ball.
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W:A little maiden climbed an old man's knees,
W:Begged for a story: "Do uncle, please!
W:Why are you single, why live alone?
W:Have you no babies, have you no home?"
W:"I had a sweetheart, years, years ago,
W:Where she is now, pet, you will soon know;
W:List to the story, I'll tell it all:
W:I believed her faithless after the ball.
W:
W:ch
W:After the ball is over, after the break of morn,
W:After the dancers' leaving, after the stars are gone,
W:Many a heart is aching, if you could read them all”
W:Many the hopes that have vanished after the ball.
W:
W:2
W:Bright lights were flashing in the grand ballroom,
W:Softly the music playing sweet tunes.
W:There came my sweetheart, my love, my own,
W:â€˜I wish some water; leave me alone.
W:When I returned, dear, there stood a man
W:Kissing my sweetheart as lovers can.
W:Down fell the glass, pet, broken, that's all
W:Just as my heart was after the ball.
W:
W:3
W:Long years have passed, child, I have never wed,
W:True to my lost love though she is dead.
W:She tried to tell me, tried to explain”
W:I would not listen, pleadings were vain.
W:One day a letter came from that man;
W:He was her brother, the letter ran.
W:That's why I'm lonely, no home at all”
W:I broke her heart, pet, after the ball."
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Song by C K Harris
Country of origin: USA

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