N-After the Ball
C-Charles K. Harris
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S-132
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B-3/4
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M-1W-2 E-3 G-2 E-4 a-3 E-3 G-2 E-4 a-2 E-4 b-3_b-4 R-2 F-3 a-2 F-4
L-        A          lit-    tle  mai-       den         climbed  an  old    man's knee,                  Begged      for     a
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M-:W-2 b-3 F-3 b-3 e-2 d-4 E-3_E-3 E-3 G-2 E-4 a-3 E-3
L-       sto-        ry,         "Do,         un-    cle, please!                 Why         are     you sin-        gle?
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L-       Why         live     a-  lone?                   Have      you       no  ba-         bies?       Have        you     no
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M-:W-2 c-3_c-4 R-2 c-3 e-2 c-4 b-3 a&3 a-3 b-2 c-4 G-3_G-4 R-2
L-      home?                    " I         had     a   sweet-      heart,       years,     years    a-  go;
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M-:W-2 a-3 b-2 c-4 G-3 c-3 a-3 b-2 c-4 d-3_d-4 R-2 E-3 G-2 E-4
L-        where      she      is  now,        pet,        you        will     soon  know.                 List        to       the
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M-:W-2 a-3 E-3 e-3 f-2 e-4 a-3_a-2 R-4 a-2 a-4 b-2 c-4 e-3 G-3
L-        sto-       ry          I'll         tell    it  all,                    I        be- lieved her faith-      less
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L-        af-         ter     the  ball.                  Af- ter  the ball   is   o-        ver,       Af- ter  the  break   of
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M-:W-2 b-3_b-4 R-2 f-4 h-5 f-8 e-2 d-4 d&3 d-3 d-4 e-5 d-8 b-2 G-4 g-3_g-4 R-2
L-        morn,                   Af-  ter the dan-  cers' lea-        ving,      af-ter  the stars   are  gone;
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M-:W-2 e-4 g-5 e-8 c-2 a-4 c-3 G-3 a&4 d-4 f-4 h-2 g-4 f-3_f-4 R-2 g-4 d-4 d-4 d-4 e-4 f-4
L-       Ma- ny   a  heart   is  ach-        ing,        If   you could read them  all;                  Ma-ny   the  hopes that have
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L-      van-          ished     Af-          ter    the  ball.