walter_j._turner
NOTE
Not to be confused with Walter James Turner Junior (D. 1947) a music critic and playwright with a career in the UK.
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X:1890
T:Coo-ee: An Australian Ballad
C:Walter James Turner Senior ((1857-1900)
C:lyrics by Howard C Coghlan
S:https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-164962402
S:https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-164962402
Z:Stephen Hamish Darby
Z:Creative Commons attribution only 4.0 unported https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/deed.en
O:Australia
L:1/8
M:6/8
I:linebreak $
U:t=tenuto
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w: Where|brood * the si- * lent|som- bre slopes, there|dwelt * a char- * ming|Aus- tral maid in|her * dark eyes, * love|read his hopes, And|
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w: on * her lips * his|pro- mise laid; And|ev- * er 'neath * the|Even- ing star, Her|lo- * ver has- ten- ing|to her side, Would|tell * his com- * ing|
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w: from a- far, And|to * love's mess- * age|love * re- plied|Coo- ee!|Coo- ee!|Coo- ee!|A-|round the hills while|
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w: yet * a- far Love's|mess * age rang * and|love * re- plied|Coo- ee!|
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w: Coo- ee!|Coo- e!|A-|cross the seas * to|Old world * skies The|Lo- ver * follow'd *|name and fame, And|Love's deep long- * ing|
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w: lit her * eyes And|kept her strong * true|heart a- flame; He|brave- ly faced * Life's|wid- er wars, For|she to him * was|all in all, And|
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w: ev- er, neath * the|Cross of * Stars, Her|heart to his * would|fond- ly call|Coo- ee!|Coo- ee!|Be|neath the kind- * ly|
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w: cross of * stars She|heard his heart's * fond|ans- wering call|Coo- ee!|Coo- ee!|The|sweet * spring smiles * up-|on the slopes, And|
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w: Bright- * ens all * their|som- bre dress. The|hey * day of * a|mai- dens hopes, she|waits * in all * her|love- li- ness; Love,|on- * ly love, * wide|heav- en fills He|
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w: calls! She an- swers *|o'er and o'er, Till|round * a- bout * the|dear old hills, Love's|mess- age * rings * once|more, * once more.|Coo- ee!|
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w: Coo- ee!|Love|reigns a- mong the|sun * lit hills, Life|ech- oes * life for *|ev- * er more.|Coo- ee!|Coo- ee!|
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w: Coo- ee!|
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