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T:The Postman's Knock
M:6/8
C:W.T. Wrighton \& L.M. Thornton
S:Julia Schult
N:Key of A for singing.  Original music \& words circa 1858.
A:Adderbury
O:English
R:Jig
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%P:B(AB)$^2$
P:B(AB)2
L:1/16
K:A
I:speed 500
P:A
    ee     | A2c2d2          e4  e2       | d2e2f2          e4     \
w:  What a   won-der-ful     man the        post - man      is
w:  Num-ber  one he pre-     sents with     news of a       birth,
    e-e    | a2c2c2          c2B2A2       | B6-             B4
w:  as he    hast-ens from   door_ to       door!           *
w:  with_    tid-ings of     death num-ber  four,           *
    B2     | A2B2c2          e2e2e2       | d2e2f2          e4     \
w:  What     med-ley of      news_ his      hands_ con-     tain
w:  at       thir-teen a     bill_ of       ter-ri-ble      length
    c2     | B2a2g2          f2e2^d2      | e6-             e4
w:  for      ei - ther       rich_ or       poor!           *
w:  he       drops through a hole in the    door;           *
    e-e    | e2c2c2          c2c2a2       | a2A2B2          c4     \
w:  In_      man-y a         face_ he       joy_ can        trace,
w:  Now a    check or an     or-der for     fif-teen he     brings,
    c2     | c2c2c2          a2g2f2       | g6              f4
w:  as       man-y a         grief he can   see,            but
w:  for      six-teen his    pre-sence to   prove,          *
    e2     | a2-a2a2         a2a2cc       | B2c2d2          f4     \
w:  the      door_ is        o-pen to his   loud_ tap-      tap
w:  for      se-ven-teen     doth an ac -   know-ledge-ment get,
    e-e    | a2-a2c2         c2d2B2       | A6              A4     ||
w:  and his  swift_ de-      li - ve-       ry.             *
w:  and_     eigh-teen a     let-ter of     love.           *
I:speed 500
P:B
z2 | e4 e2      e2e2e2     | f2g2a2      e4     \
w:   Ever-y     morn-ing as  true as the clock,
z2 | a3gf2      a4    c2   | c4  B2      c4
w:   some-bod-y hears the    post-man's  knock.
z2 | e4 e2      e2e2e2     | f2g2a2      e4     \
w:   Ever-y     morn-ing as  true as the clock,
z2 | a2g2f2     e4    a2   | a6          g6     | a6     z6 | z6 z4 ||
w:   some-bod-y hears the    post-       man's    knock.