Key: D
Introduction:
Dlaughing
Dis-(A7) turbed the household with his noisy (D) glee (A7)
I (D) warned him to be quiet but he (G) soon would diso-(E) bey
GºTo
(D) Don't Papa and I'll be (A7) good
Don't Papa and I'll be (D) good"
GºTo
Our lives have just been gladdened by his bright ascending beam
Our boy now in our hearts was very dear
GºTo
All night and day we watched and prayed, we never left his side
To give him up it seemed we never could
GºTo
CHORUS
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