Gentle Mary Laid Her Child Kalimba Tabs

Number tabs and letters for kalimba, with the words under each note. Starts 1° 1° 1° 2° 1° 1°.

The notes and words

Key: C major, white keys only, so every note is on a kalimba tuned to C.

1°CGen-1°Ctle1°CMa-2°Dry1°Claid1°Cher5GChild6Alow-5Gly6Ain7Ba1°Cman-1°Cger;

1°CThere1°CHe1°Clay,2°Dthe1°Cun-1°Cde-5Gfiled,

6Ato5Gthe6Aworld7Ba1°CStran-1°Cger:

5°GSuch4°Fa3°EBabe2°Din3°Esuch2°Da1°Cplace,

6Acan5GHe6Abe7Bthe1°CSa-1°Cvior?

5GAsk5Gthe6Asaved7Bof1°Call1°Cthe2°Drace5°Gwho4°Fhave3°Efound2°DHis1°Cfa-4°F1°Cvor.

Tines: 1 = C, 2 = D … 7 = B; each ° is one octave higher (the middle tine is 1).

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Melody: Tune TEMPUS ADEST FLORIDUM, from Swedish Piae Cantones (1582), 1582
Words: Joseph Simpson Cook (1859–1933), 1919 (first verse shown; all verses on HymnKeys)
Public domain: Melody 1582, words 1919: first published before 1931.
Source: Open Hymnal Project file marked public domain, via HymnKeys