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The Children's Hour

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INTRO

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Charles Ives
Arr Gianluigi Giannatempo

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chil - dren

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hour

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days

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sound of

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see

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lamp - light

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pa - ter

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of

the little

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sweet.

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hear in the cha - mber a

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feet

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the sound of a door that is

The Children's Hour

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soft

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sweet.

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hall

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drens

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my

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den

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hair.

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in

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the lamp - light

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see

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