SONG · BEGINNER PUBLIC DOMAIN

Lightly Row

Traditional German · also known as Hänschen klein, Hanschen Klein

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0:00 0:17 · ♩ = 112

LIGHTLY ROW — MELODY + ACCOMPANIMENT Engraved with Verovio (verovio.org)

DIFFICULTY: Beginner
BARS: 16
SECTIONS: 2
TEMPO: ♩ = 112
MELODY NOTES: 49
PARTS: Melody + chords

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Traditional German folk tune ("Hänschen klein", in print from the 19th century); "Lightly Row" is its standard English singing version. Public domain. Melody encoded from the LilyPond score published in the German Wikipedia article "Hänschen klein", with its printed repeat and both endings played out.

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