Songs That Live 



1507 



THE SONG OF AN AMERICAN BOY GROWN OLD 



Thomas Dunn English 



BEN BOLT 



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1. Oh! doa't vou 



2. Un - der 



3. And don't you 



re-mem-ber sweet Al - ice, Ben Bolt, Sweet Al - ice whose hair was so 

 the hick -o - ry tree, Ben Boll, Which stood at the foot of the 

 re-mem-ber tlie school, Ben Bolt, With the mas - ter so kind and so 



brown, 

 hill, 

 true. 



Who 

 To 

 And the 



wept with de - light when 

 geth - er we've lain in 

 sha - ded nook by 



you 



the 



the 



gave her 

 uoon - day 

 run - ning 



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smile. And 

 shade. And 

 brook. Where the 



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trembled with fear 

 lis-tened to Ap 

 fair - est wild 



at your frown? 

 pie- ton's mill, 

 tlow-ers grew? 



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In the old churchyard, in the val-ley, Ben Bolt, In a 

 The mill-wheel has fall-en to piec-es, Ben Bolt, The 

 Grass grows on the mas -ter' s grave, Ben Bolt, The 



cor - ner 



raft - ers 



spring of 



ob-scure and 

 have turn - bled 

 the brook is . . , 



lone, 



in, 



dry, 



They 

 And 

 And 



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of the 

 round the 

 who were 



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gran - ite 

 walls as 

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60 gray, 



you gaze, 



mates then, 



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And sweet 



Has 

 There are- 



Al - ice 

 fol-lowed 



lies un 

 the old 



der the stone, 

 en din, 

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They have 

 And a 

 And of 



fit - ted a slab of the gran-ite 

 qui -et that crawls round the walls as 

 all the boys who were school - 



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80 gray, 



you gaze, 



mates then. 



And sweet Al- ice lies un • 



Has fol-lowed the old 



There are on - - ly you . . 



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der the stone. 



en din. 

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