Over the Banisters

"Meet Me In St. Louis" Music by Franklin Robinson, 1887

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Poem by Ella Wheeler Wilcox, 1883

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  
Moderato

       

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       
O - ver the ba - nis - ter leans a

          
   
        
           
     


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  
  
           
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face, ten - der and sweet and be - guil - ing, while be - low her with ten - der

                   
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     

              
     
         

    
     
       
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 
        
      
grace he watch - es the pic - ture smil - ing. The light burns dim in the hall be -

        
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 
                   
 
       

© 2024 Arrangement: Scott Henderson (scott@scottandmartin.com)

2 Over the Banister

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     
         
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
        
    
low - no - bod - y sees them stand - ing, say - ing good - night a - gain

         
   
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          
               
   

 
            
      
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 
          
soft and low half - way up to the land - ing. No - bod - y, on - ly those

        
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    

     
    
       
         
 

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                 
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
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   
eyes of brown, ten - der and full and mean - ing Gaze on the love - li - est

  
                    
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 
               
         
       

 
          
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 
 
   
face in town o - ver the ban - is - ter lean - ing.

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      
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  

          
 
  
      