Les Bijoux
[A] Collection of
Beautiful Ballads
arranged for the
Spanish Guitar

No. 7 [of 12 (20)]
"The Heart Should Have Some Tuneful Strings" (22 Jan 1857)
Ballad
Composed by William Thomas Wrighton, 1816-1880
Arranged by Charles Crozat Converse, 1832-1918

New York: William Hall and Son, 239 Broadway
Boston: Henry Tolman
Louisville: D. P. Faulds
Cincinnati: W. R. Peters & Sons
Plate number: 3863 [?]
[Source:
CALL NUMBER
M1.A12V vol. 84 Case Class original bound volumes
PART OF
American 19th-century sheet music. Copyright deposits, 1820-1860 
REPOSITORY
Library of Congress. Music Division. 
DIGITAL ID
sm1857 610540 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.music/sm1857.610540]

1. The heart should have some tuneful strings, 
On which ’twere well to play; 
And music, sweet as seraph sings, 
Shall bless thee on thy way. 
Oh, let it not in slumber lie 
For thousands need its strain, 
To charm away their misery 
And cheer their paths again. 

The heart should have some tuneful strings, 
On which ’twere well to play; 
And music sweet, as seraph sings, 
Shall bless thee on thy way. 
And music, sweet as seraph sings, 
Shall bless thee on thy way.

2. Give out thy soul’s rich melody. 
It will not flow unbless’d, 
If it can dry the mourner’s tear, 
Or somfort the distress’d. 
Then wake the chords that in thee dwell, 
And let the notes go free; 
Then hearts with love and joy shall swell 
In gratefulness to thee.