Sleep, My Child

by Unknown · posted by djlactose

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How to read this tab — notation key

+: Blow note
−: Draw note
b or ': Half-step bend
bb or '': Two half-step bend
bbb or ''': Three half-step bend
(###): Chord — relevant hole numbers in parentheses
< or *: Push the button in (chromatic harmonica)

Full reference and posting tips in the tab guide.

Tab

  7    -7   -6    7    -8   7  -7    6
Sleep, my child, and peace at-tend thee

-6   -7   -7    7
All thro' the night:

  7   -7  -6  7   -8   7    -7    6
Guard-ian an-gels God will tend thee

-6   -7    -7    7
All thro's the night;

 -9   8   -9  9   -10   9   -9    8
Soft the drow-sy hours are creep-ing,

 -9   8   -8   7   8  -8    7   -7
Hill and vale in slum-ber sleep-ing;

  7 -7  -6   7   -8    7  -7   6
Love a-lone his watch is keep-ing,

-6   -7   -7    7
All thro' the night.

verse 2
Hark! a solemn bell is ringing,
Clear thro' the night;
Thou, my love, art heav'nward winging,
Home thro' the night;
Earthly dust from off thee shaken,
Soul immortal, thou shalt waken
With thy last dim journey taken
Home thro' the night.

Play on a harmonica— watch which holes to blow & draw, with sound