Tonart: Eb major
Intro 1
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Verse 1
dear father,
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the clock in the steeple strikes one.
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You said you were coming
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right home from your shop
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as soon as your day work was done.
The fire has gone out,
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and the house is all dark,
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and Mother's been watching since tea.
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With poor Brother Benny
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and no one to help her but me.
Father, dear Father,
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come home.
Father, dear father,
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the clock in the steeple strikes two.
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The night has grown colder
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but he has been calling for you.
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perhaps before morning shall dawn.
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And this is a message she
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Come quickly or he will be gone.
Father, dear Father,
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come home.
Father, dear father,
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the clock in the steeple strikes three.
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The night is so lonely, the hours are so long,
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far poor weeping mother and me.
Yes, we are alone,
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for poor Benny is dead and
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gone with the angel of life.
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And these were the very
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last words that he said,
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I want to kiss Papa goodnight.
Father, dear Father, come home. you
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