66 A LITTLE CFIINA FIGIJRE

Allegro con sPirito

Franco Leoni

Ethel LindsaY

rit - t'le chi - ira fig - ure on lit ' tle brack - et

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lit - tle feet were al - ways crossed'He wofe t1e hat.

or foul, In shine or shad - ows dim,ev - 'tY morn - ing, fair

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pret - ty lit - tle house-maidcame, And soft

such a rvas melt - ed quite And

She took him up

dust - ed

gen - tly,AndSO with

charm-ing air,-a.

His chi - na soul

he sat and thought of Un-loved her to de - spair. All day her,

the twi - light carne ' -

l::,naure,- And

1n his - na dreams at night He

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her in his na dreams at night

breathed her lit - tle name' Ah! her lit - tle name,

breathed her lit - tle name.

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One day, while be

feel

ing dust - ed, In his

jov he trem - bled ToSO her lit - tle fin - gers, that i

she tried to grab himback, Fate

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willed it theY should Part, He fell a-gainst the fen - der-edge And

broke his iit - tle heart.

She gath - ered up his frag-mentsAnd she told a lit - t1e

1ie, _ Ex-pound - ing to her mis - tress how The cat had made him

die.

thrust, --

duSt. Aht

less ---A

She spoke his lit - tle ep

therets one thing less,

theAnd on fol-low - ing morn - ing,when The shut - ters back

ten.

i-taph: ('There's one thing less to

one thing

she

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to dust?A