The Village Blacksmith
based on a poem by,
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
q = 96
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Un - der a spread - ing
q = 96
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George B. Chave
tree
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The
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vil - lage smith - y
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mf
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The smith
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f
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
 

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 

a might- y man is he with strong
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

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stands
 



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
Copyright © 2010 by George B. Chave. All rights reserved worldwide.
3
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sin- ew - y hands
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
  
   
  
 



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 
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The
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2
10

   

 
mus -cles of his brawn - y
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   
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
   
 
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14
 
 
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 

arms
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are
  



    
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 

   

mf
  


   
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
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mf
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     
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 
     
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 

     
 
 
strong as
      
His face is like

the
tan
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        
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i - ron
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crisp and black and long
       
   
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   
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His
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
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

brow is wet
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
 
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
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
as
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

            

His hair is

  
i - ron bands
        
    
 
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
   

bands
18
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with
hon -est sweat
 



 

 

 

3
22
 

 
 
He earns what e'er




he
can
And
he
   


f
looks



    
  

For


he

 
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




owes
 



  
   

28
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


25
 


f


   
not an - y

    





not
a









   




man.
    


 






   



  



man


      
 

mf

     
   

ny
mf
-

 
 


the whole world in the face









                   
 
  

 


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
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







 


 

Week in,

  
  
 
    
 
 






 

 
week out





 
from
 

 



        



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