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Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.

&emsp;Andante con espressione. 1. I stood on the bridge at mid - night, As the

2. How oft - en, O, how oft - en, In the

3. Tor my heart was hot and rest - less, And my

4. Yet when- ev - er I cross the riv - er On its

clocks were strik - ing the  hour,   And the

days that had  gone   by,  I had

life was full  of  care,   And  the

bridge with wood - en    piers,   Like the

moon  rose o&rsquo;   the cit - y,  Be  -

stood on  that  bridge   at   mid - night   And

bur -  den  laid   up  -  on  me   Seemed

o - dor of brine from the o - cean  Comes the