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\version "2.12.2"
\score {
\new Staff {
<<
\new Voice = "one" \relative c' {
\autoBeamOff
\clef treble
\key g \major
\time 2/4
d8. g16 fis8 g | a8 e a4 | g8 fis e fis | g4. r8
d8. g16 fis8 g | a8 e a4 | g8 fis e fis | g2
}
\new Lyrics \lyricsto "one" {
When the Black -- bird in the Spring,
On the will -- ow -- tree
Sat and rock'd, I heard him sing,
Sing -- ing Au -- ra Lea.
}
>>
}
}
\layout {}
{{Information |Description={{en|1=Excerpt from "Aura Lea", by Fosdick and Poulton. Transcribed into Help:GNU LilyPond format by User:SarekOfVulcan.}} |Source=https://jscholarship.library.jhu.edu/handle/1774.2/14955?show=full |Author=W. W. Fosdick