ALL QUIET ALONG THE POTOMAC TONIGHT chrom

W: Ethyl Lynn Beers

M: John H. Hewitt

Key: G

Time: 6/8

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All qui-et a-long the Po-to-mac to-night

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Ex-cept here and there a stray pick-et

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Is shot as he walks

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on his beat to and fro

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by a ri-fle-man hid in a thick-et

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‘Tis noth-ing a pri-vate or two

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Now and then will not count

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In the news of the bat-tle

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Not an of-fi-cer lost,

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On-ly one of the men

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Moan-ing out all a-lone

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The death rat-tle

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All qui-et a-long the Po-tom-ac to-night