For other versions of this work, see The Katydid.
2613652The Riverside song book — The KatydidOliver Wendell Holmes (1809-1894)



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  composer = "German Air."
  poet = "Oliver Wendell Holmes."
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\set stanza = #"1. " O8 tell me where did Ka -- ty live, And what did Ka -- ty do?4. __ And8 was she ve -- ry fair and young, And yet so wick -- ed, too?4
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\set stanza = #"2. " Dear8 me! I’ll tell you all a -- bout My fuss with lit -- tle Jane,4. __ And8 Ann, with whom I used to walk So oft -- en down the lane,4
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\set stanza = #"3. " Ah8 no! the liv -- ing oak shall crash, That stood for a -- ges still,4. __ The8 rock shall rend its mos -- sy base And thun -- der down the hill,4
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