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Text 700 A.D. GERTRUDE ROSS

Andantino

Voice

Piano

Sleep, ba - by sleep! On

Nen - ne - ko O -

misterioso pochetto accel.

moun - tains steep The chil - dren of the hare are stray - ing.

ya - ma no U - sa - gi no ko Na - ze Ma - ta

Quasi narránte

Why are their soft brown ears so long and slen - der Peep-ing a - bove the rocks

O - mi - mi gn Na - gai e ya - ra? O - mi - mi ga

Where they are play - ing? Be-cause their moth-er, ere they yet were born

Na - gai e ya - ra? Ok - ka - san no O - na - ka ni O - ru