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Oft in the Stilly Night (0018 of 1000)

In the same key as the accompanying sheet music, Bb.

In the key of Eb.

Oft in the Stilly Night
Thomas Moore
Verse 1
Oft, in the stilly night, Ere
slumber’s chain has bound me,
Fond memory brings the light, Of
other days around me;

Chorus 1
The smiles, the tears, Of
boyhood’s years, The
words of love then spoken;
The eyes that shone, Now
dimm’d and gone, The
cheerful hearts now broken!

 Verse 3
Thus, in the stilly night, Ere
slumber’s chain has bound me,
Sad memory brings the light, Of
other days around me.

(Chorus 3 is absent.
Fine.)
Verse 2
When I remember all, The
friends, so link’d together,
I’ve seen around me fall, Like
leaves in wintry weather;

Chorus 2
I feel like one, Who
treads alone, Some
banquet-hall deserted,
Whose lights are fled, Whose
garlands dead, And
all but he departed!

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