All Quiet Along The Potomac Tonight-12

by Ethyl Lynn Beers , John H. Hewitt

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ALL QUIET ALONG THE POTOMAC TONIGHT 12th pos
W: Ethyl Lynn Beers
M: John H. Hewitt
Key: G
Time: 6/8
Harp: D
 
 1   1  1  1  1   -1  1  1  -2” -3” -2”
All qui-et a-long the Po-to-mac to-night
-2” 3    2    1    1  -1   2    3   -2”
Ex-cept here and there a stray pick-et
1   1   1  1    1
Is shot as he walks 
-1  1   1  -2” -3” -2”
on his beat to and fro
-2”-2”2 -3” -3” -2” -1 -3 -1   1
by a ri-fle-man hid in a thick-et
  1   3    3  3  3  -2”  2  -2”
‘Tis noth-ing a pri-vate or two
 3  -3”  1    1    1   -1
Now and then will not count
2  -2”  -2” 2  -2” -3”  2
In the news of the bat-tle
 1  1  -1 -1 -1   2
Not an of-fi-cer lost,
2  2  -2” 2  -3” -3’
On-ly one of the men
 -3” -3” -2” -2” -2”-3”
Moan-ing out all a-lone
-3”   2    2  -2”
The death rat-tle
 1   1  1  1  -2” -2” -2” 3  -3” 3  -2”
All qui-et a-long the Po-tom-ac to-night