The Child's Own Music Book/Baby Bye, Here's a Fly

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BABY BYE, HERE'S A FLY

$\new PianoStaff << \new Staff { \time 2/4 \key f \major \tempo "Allegretto" \relative f' { <f c>4^\mf q | q2 | <g e c>4 q | q2 | <a f c>4 <bes e,> | <c f,>^\< <bes e,> | <a f>^\f^\> <a c,>\! | <g e c>2 | <f c>4 q | q2 | <g e c>4 q | q2 | <a f c>4^\< <bes e,> | <c f,>^\f \once\slurUp <bes e,>8( g) | f2 ~ | f4 r | <a f> <bes f> | <c f,> q | <a f>^\< <bes f> | <c f,>2 | <d f,>4^\f q | <c f,> q | <bes e,>4^\> <a f c> | <g e c>2 | <f c>4\! q | q2 | <g e c>4 q | q2 | <a f>4^\< <bes f d>\! | <a f c>^\f^\> <g e bes> | <f c a>2\! ~ q4 r \bar "|." } } \addlyrics { \set stanza = #"1. " Ba -- by bye, here's a fly, We will watch him, you and I. How he crawls up the walls, Yet he nev -- er falls! __ I be -- lieve, with those six legs; You and I could walk on eggs! There he goes, on his toes, Tick -- ling ba -- by's nose. __ } \addlyrics { \set stanza = #"2. " Spots of red dot his head; Rain -- bows on his wings are spread! That small speck is his neck, See him nod and beck! __ I can show you if you chose; Where to look to find his shoes; Three small pairs, made of hairs, These he al -- ways wears. __ } \new Staff { \clef bass \key f \major <f a>4 q q2 | c4 c c2 | f4 g a g | f f c2 | q4 q q2 | c4 c c2 | f4 g a c8 e | f4 c( | f,) r | f g a a | f g a2 | bes4 bes a a | g f c2 | q4 q q2 | c4 c c2 | f4 bes, c c | f c f, r } >> \layout { line-width = 18\cm }$