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"Tempo di Valse"1/4=150

score (V) [ (L) (R) ] V:V clef=treble V:L clef=treble V:R clef=bass K:G P:verse V:V z3 | z3 | z3 | z3 | z3 | z3 | z3 | z3 | V:L B2 d | A2 B | G B2 | G F E | (D/2C/2D/2E/2F/2G/2) | (A/2B/2c/2d/2e/2f/2) | ([B3g3] | [Bg]) z z | V:R G,, [D,G,B,] [D,G,B,] | A,, [D,F,A,C] [D,F,A,C] | B,, [D,G,B,] [D,G,B,] | [^C,3B,3^C3] | [D,G,B,] [D,G,B,] [D,G,B,] | [D,F,A,C] [D,F,A,C] [D,F,A,C] | [G,,G,] [D,,D,] [B,,,B,,] | [G,,,G,,] z z | % V:V B2 d | A2 B | G (B2 | B2) B | G3 | (A G) E | (G3 | G3) | w:Down in front of Ca-sey's - old brown woo -den - stoop V:L z !p![B,DG] [B,DG] | z [C D A] [C D A] | z [B,DG] [B,DG] | z [B,DG] [B,DG] | z [CEG] [CEG] | z [CEG] [CEG] | z [B,DG] [B,DG] | z [B,DG] [B,DG] | V:R [G,,G,] z z | [A,,A,] z z | [B,,B,] z z | [G,,G,] z z | [C,,C,] z z | [C,,C,] z z | [G,,G,] z z | [G,,G,] z z | % V:V G2 G | (A G) E | (D (G2) | G2) B | B2 A | E2 B | (A3 | A3) | w:On a sum -mer's eve-ning - we formed a mer-ry group- V:L z [CEG] [CEG] | z [CEG] [CEG] | z [B,DG] [B,DG] | z [B,DG] [B,DG] | z [A,^CG] [A,^CG] | z [A,EG] [A,EG] | !<(![DF] [DF] [EG] | [FA] [GB] [Ac]!<)! | V:R [C,,C,] z z | [C,,C,] z z | [G,,G,] z z | [G,,G,] z z | [A,,A,,,] z z | [^C,^C,,] z z | D, z D | D D D | % V:V B2 d | A2 B | G (B2 | B2) G | G2 G | (A G) E | (G3 | G2) G/2 G/2 | w:Boys and girls to-ge-ther -- we would sing - and waltz - While the V:L

p!z [B,DG] [B,DG] | z [CDF] [CDF] | z [BDG] [BDG] | z [BDG] [BDG] | z [CEG] [CEG] | z [CEG] [CEG] | z [B,DG] [B,DG] | z [B,DG] [B,DG] |

V:R [G,,G,] z z | [A,,A,] z z | [B,,B,] z z | [G,,G,] z z | [C,,C,] z z | [C,,C,] z z | [G,,G,] z z | [G,,G,] z z | % V:V G2 A | G2 E | D G2 | !fermata!c2 B | B A2 | E2 F | (G3 | G) z z | w:"Gin-ny" played the or-gan on the side-walks of New York - V:L z [CEG] [CEA] | z [CEG] [G,CE] | z [B,D] [B,DG] | !fermata![E2c2] [DB] | [^CB] [C2A2] | [^C2E2] [^CF] | ([B,3G3] | [B,G]) z z | V:R [C,,C,] z z | [C,,C,] z z | [G,,G,] z z | !fermata![C,,C,] z z | [A,,,3A,,3] | [A,,,2A,,2] [D,,D,] | [G,,G,] [D,,D,] [B,,,B,,] | [G,,,G,,] z z | % P:chorus V:V d3 | B3 | A3 | G3 | A2 G | E2 F | (G3 | G2) G w:East Side, West Side, all a-round the town - The V:L z [DGB] [DGB] | z [DG] [DG] | z [CF] [CF] | z [B,D] [B,D] | z [CEG] [CEG] | z [G,CE] [G,CE] | z [B,DG] [B,DG] | z [B,DG] [B,DG] | V:R B,3 | G,3 | D,3 | G,,3 | [C,,C,] z z | [C,,C,] z z | [G,,G,] z z | [G,,G,] z z | % V:V G2 G | (A G) E | D G2 | c2 B | B A2 | A2 E | (A3 | A2) z | w:tots sang "ring -a-ro-sie" "Lon-don Bridge is fal-ling down" V:L z [CEG] [CEG] | [CEA] [CEG] [G,CE] | z [B,DA] [B,DA] | z [B,DA] [B,DA] | z [A,^CG] [A,CG] | z [A,EG] [A,EG] | [A,=CF] [ACF] [AC=F] | [A,CE] [A,C_E] [A,CD] | V:R [C,,C,] z z | [C,,C,] z z | [G,,G,] z z | [B,,,B,,] z z | [A,,,A,,] z z | [^C,,^C,] z z | D, D, ^D, | E, =F, ^F, | % V:V B2 d | A2 B | G (B2 | B2) z | G2 G | (A G) E | (G3 | G2) z | w:Boys and girls to-ge-ther - me and Ma-mie O'-Rourke V:L z [B,DG] [B,DG] | z [B,DG] [B,DG] | z [CDF] [CDF] | z [B,DG] [B,DG] | z [CEG] [CEG] | z [CEG] [CEG] | z [B,DG] [B,DG] | z [B,DG] [B,DG] | V:R [G,,G,] z z | [A,,A,] z z | [B,,B,] z z | [G,,G,] z z | [C,,C,] z z | [C,,C,] z z | [G,,G,] z z | [G,,G,] z z | % V:V G2 G | (A G) E | D G2 | !fermata!c2 B | B A2 | E2 F | G3 | G z z !D.C.!|] w:Tripped the light - fan-tas-tic on the side-walks of New York V:L z [CEG] [CEG] | z [CEG] [CEG] | z [B,DG] [B,DG] | !fermata![E2c2] [DB] | [^CB] [C2A2] | [^C2E2] [=CF] | ([B,3G3] | [B,G]) z z | V:R [C,,C,] z z | [C,,C,] z z | [G,,G,] z z | [C,,C,] z z | [A,,,3A,,3] | [A,,,2A,,2] [D,,D,] | [G,,G,] [D,,D,] [B,,,B,,] | [G,,,G,,] z z | % W:1 W:Down in front of Casey's old brown wooden stoop W:On a summer's evening we formed a merry group W:Boys and girls together we would sing and waltz W:While Tony played the organ on the sidewalks of New York W: W:ch W:East Side, West Side, all around the town W:The tots sang "ring-a-rosie, " "London Bridge is falling down" W:Boys and girls together, me and Mamie O'Rourke W:Tripped the light fantastic on the sidewalks of New York W: W:2 W:That's where Johnny Casey, little Jimmy Crowe W:Jakey Krause, the baker, who always had the dough W:Pretty Nellie Shannon with a dude as light as cork W:She first picked up the waltz step on the sidewalks of New York W: W:3 W:Things have changed since those times, some are up in "G" W:Others they are wand'rers but they all feel just like me W:They'd part with all they've got, could they once more walk W:With their best girl and have a twirl on the sidewalks of New York W: % % % % % % % % % % %]

	

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Song by Charles B Lawlor and James W Blake

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