X:1
T:The Miner's Dream of Home
C:By Will Godwin and Leo Dryden, 1891
S:Transcribed from the original sheet music (melody only)
M:C
L:1/8
Q:"Moderato"
K:F
% Introduction
zfcd BAGc | Ffcd BAGc | F2 z2 A,4 | F,4 G,4 |
zc'ga fedg | cc'ga fedg | c2 z1 B,4 | G,4 A,4 ||
[M:3/4][L:1/8] z2 z2 S a2 | b3 ged | d4 ^cz | b3 ged | d4 ^cz |
C^EEGGB | Addffa | A2 z2 [G2A2e2] [F2A2d2] z2 ^GA |
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% Verse, starting with the previous pickup notes: w: It is
[M:3/4][L:1/4] d c B | A ^G A | d c B | A2 D/E/ |
w: ten wea-ry years since I left Eng-land's shore, In a
F F ^F | G G ^G | A3- | A z ^G/A/ |
w: fare dis-tant coun-try to roam,_ How I
d c B | A>^G A | d c B | A2 A/A/ |
w: long to re-turn to my own na-tive land\-\- To my
=B G G | G A =B | c3- | c z c |
w: friends and the old folks at home!_ Last
c _d c | c B _A | _A G ^F G2 G/G/ |
w: night, as I slum-ber'd, I had a strange stream, One that
_A G F | _A G F | =E3- | E z c |
w: seemd to bring dis-tant friends near,_ I
c _e c | c B _A | _A G ^F | G2 G/G/ |
w: dreamt of Old Eng-land, the land of my birth, To the
_A A =A | B B =B | c3- | c z c
w: heart of her sons e-ver dear..._ I
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% Refrain (Legato)
|: F E F | c A F | c A F | E2 B | B B B | B A ^G | A3- | A2 A |
w: saw the old home-stead and fa-ces I love, I saw Eng-land's val-leys and dells,_ I
d c B | A ^G A | d c B | A ^G A | =BA =G | d A =B | c3- | c2 c |
w: lis-ten'd with joy, as I did when a boy, To the sound of the old vil-lage bells._ The
c2 =B | d2 c | c A2- | A G A | B B B | B A ^G | A3- | A G A |
w: log was burn-ing brightly,_ 'Twas a night that should ba-nish all sin,_ For the
B2 A | B e d | c2 A | F G ^G | A3 | G3 |1 F2 z | zz c :|2 F3- | F z "Del segno" A ||
w: bells were ring-ing the old year out, And the new year in. I   in._ *
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% Last time only
B2 A | G e d | c2 A | F G ^G | A3 | =G3 | F3 | [A,CF] zz ||

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