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IDLE.

Alice Cary. Friedrich Ludwig Seidel.

Allegretto.

I heard the gay spring com - ing, la, la, . . I

I heard the ploughman's whis - tle, la, la, . . I

I felt the warm, bright weath - er; la, la, . . Saw the

The blue bird and her nest - ling, la, la, . . Flew a -

Allegretto.


saw the clo - ver bloom - ing, la, la, la, la, la,

saw the rough burr this - tle, la, la, la, la, la,

har - vest, saw them gath - er, la, la, la, la, la,

way:—the leaves fell rust - ing, la, la, la, la, la,


la, . . Red and white a - long the mead - ows;

la, . . In the sharp teeth of the har - row,—

la, . . Corn and mil - let, wheat and ap - ples,—

la, . . The cold rain killed the ros = es, The