Lullaby of Hope chords by John renbourn
Verse 1
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Lulé, lulé, my tiny child,
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Too soon you'll know the world so wild.
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Yes, all too soon you will be gone
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And I'll bite here, alone, alone
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The rushing bel lows you shall ride,
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And the light of the North Star
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will be your guide.
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But yet a while I'll have you stay,
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Lulé, my tiny child, Lulé.
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For you shall run in meadows green,
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And sport with falters all in the stream,
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And you shall chase the
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dappled deer
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And swim with salmon
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in the wa ters clear
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To pluck the small birds from the sky,
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On the tail of the south
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wind you shall fly.
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And take the high hills for your home,
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Blood of my blood, bone of my bone.
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The moon must sleep beyond the tree,
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so weep, sweet maid, of Governing.
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The sun must rise before the cross
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to dry your tears and share your loss.
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The darkest hour of the starless night
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Must bow to the power
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of the eastern light
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That heals the earth an
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d makes us whole
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Heart of my heart, soul of my soul.
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And when at last your course is wrong,
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Joy of my joy, my little soul,
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Beneath the sky you'll stand alone,
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flesh of my flesh, bone of my bone.
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Yes, you shall stand on
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the four black sands
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To cross on the waters of
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the Western lands
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But now I have you at my breast
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Lulé, my sweet, one gentleness.
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