The Child's Own Music Book/To Babyland

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TO BABYLAND

$\new PianoStaff << \new Staff { \time 6/8 \key f \major \tempo "Andantino" << \new Voice = "melody" { \relative c' { \stemUp \repeat unfold 2 { c8^\mf^$ d e f4 g8$ | <a f>4^$ <bes g>8 \once\stemDown <c a>4.$ | d4^$ c8 a4 bes8 | \once\stemDown<c a>2.$ | bes4^$ a8 g4.$ | a4^$^\dim g8\! f4.$ | bes4^$ g8 f4 e8$ | <f a,>2. } \bar "|." } } \new Voice = "two" { \relative a' { \stemDown \repeat unfold 2 { s2.*2 a4. f s2. e4. c f c d bes s2. } } } >> } \new Lyrics \lyricsto "melody" { \set stanza = #"1. " How man -- y miles to ba -- by land? An -- y -- one can tell; Up one flight, to your right; please to ring the bell. What do they do in ba -- by land? Dream and wake and play; Laugh and crow, fond -- er grow jol -- ly times have they. } \new Lyrics \lyricsto "melody" { \set stanza = #"2. " What do they say in ba -- by land? Why the odd -- est things; Might as well try to tell what a bird -- ie sings. Who is the queen in ba -- by land? Moth -- er, kind and sweet; And her love, born a -- bove, guides the lit -- tle feet. } \new Staff { \clef bass \key f \major \relative f, { \repeat unfold 4 { f4 c'8( <f a>4 c8) } c4( e8 bes'4 e,8) | f4( c8 a'4 f8) | g,4( bes8 c4 g'8) | \once\slurDown f4( c8 f,4.) | \repeat unfold 4 { f4 c'8( <f a>4 c8) } c4( e8 bes'4 e,8) | f4( c8 a'4 f8) | g,4( bes8 c4 g'8) | f8( c a f4.) } } >> \layout { line-width = 18\cm }$