title: After The Ballkey: Generalharp type: Chromaticgenre: Gskill: AnyAFTER THE BALLBy: Charles K. HarrisMary BlackKey: G� time-4 -5 -4 6 -4 -5 -4 6 -4 -6*A lit-tle maid-en climbed an old man’s knee;5 6 5 -6* 5 -6* -8 -7 -4Begged for a sto-ry, “Do, Un-cle, please.-4 -5 -4 6 -4 -8 8 -8 6Why are you sin-gle, why live a-lone6 -6* 7 -8 -5 -7 -6* -5 7Have you no ba-bies, have you no home?”7 -8 7 -6* -5* 6 -6* 7 -5“I had a sweet-heart years, years a-go.6 -6* 7 -5 7 6 -6* 7 -7Where she is now, pet, you will soon know.-4 -5 -4 6 -4 -8 8 -8 6List to the sto-ry I’ll tell it all.6 6 -6* 7 -8 -5 -7 -6* -5 7I be-lieved her faith-less, af-ter the ball.-8 -9 -8 7 6 7 -5Af-ter the ball is o-ver,-8 -9 -8 7 6 -6*af-ter the break of morn.8 10 8 -8 -7 7* -7Af-ter the dan-cers leav-ing;-7 -8 -7 -6* -5 -9af-ter the stars are gone,-8 -9 -8 7 6 7 -5Man-y a heart is ach-ing,6 7* -8 10 -9 9*if you could read them all.-9 -7 -7 -7 -8 8 -8 -5Man-y the hopes that have van-ished,6 -6* -5 7af-ter the ball