CM 6473 | To Rolla Foley Price .20
My Child Is Gone
For (divided) Chorus of Mixed Voices
From a Book 4 Cappella
“The Liberty Minstrel”
Compiled by George W. Clark
Printed in 1844
Early American Slave Song
Arranged by
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Gentle motion, not too slow (J:s3)
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1. Hark, from the winds a _— voice of woe, The wild At-lan - tic_
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in its flow, Bears on its breast the mur-mur low: My_ child is__. gone.
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2. Like sav-age ti - gers o’er their prey, They tore him from my__
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2. Like sav-age ti - gers o’er their prey, They tore him from my_.
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