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Keep on the Sunny Side

The gospel song of 1899 that the Carter Family later made famous, for 2 to 4 singers: the first verse and the chorus, in the composer's own hymnal harmony. The soprano sings the melody and the other parts sing the words with it, bright and bouncing.

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The parts

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Soprano, Eb4 to Eb5
Alto, Bb3 to C5
Tenor, Eb3 to Eb4
Bass, Ab2 to Ab3

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The first verse

Words: Ada Blenkhorn (1899)Tune: J. Howard Entwisle (1899)

There's a dark and a troubled side of life;There's a bright and a sunny side, too;Tho' we meet with the darkness and strife,The sunny side we also may view.

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