Oldham

dedicated to Jon Oldham

Section I

Andrew Toovey (2010)
Fast and lively - detached



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Song I - Cradle Song
Andrew Toovey (2010)
Reflective q = c. 50 poem by Louis MacNeice

Bm
Bm G F#m Bm F#m G A




Voice

Sleep, my dar - ling sleep The pi - ty of it all is all we com-pass if we watch dis - as - ter fall.
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Bm G D Bm F#m

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Put off your twen - ty odd en - cum- bered years and creep in - to the on - ly heav - en,

D G A Bm F#m




Voice

The robb - er's cave to sleep. The wild grass will whis - per,

D A Bm F#m





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Lights of pass - ing cars will streak a - cross your dreams

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D G F#m A G




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And fum - ble at the stars; Life will tap the win - dow on - ly to soon a - gain,

Bm F#m Bm F#m Bm F#m Bm F#m

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Life will have her ans - wer - Do not ask her when. When the win - some bu - bble shiv- ers, when the bough breaks,

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Em Bm F#m Bm F#m F#m






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will be the mo ment But not here or now. Sleep and, a - sleep, for - get The watch- es on the wall

Bm F#m G F#m Bm F#m Bm F#m Bm

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A- wake all night who know The pi - ty of it all.

* Accompaniment stops on 1st beat of semibreve

 Interlude I 3
(for high and low instrument with or without piano*)

Adagio


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Section II
How fast can you play this?


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Interlude II
(for high and low instrument with or without piano*)
Adagio

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Song II - Autobiography Andrew Toovey (2010)
q = c.50 poem by Louis MacNeice

Dm A Bb C Dm Am Bb F

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In my child - hood trees were green And there were plen - ty to be seen. Come back ear - ly or nev - er come.
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Dm Am Bb Am Dm C

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My fath - er made the walls re - sound, he wore his coll -ar the wrong way round. Come back ear - ly or nev - er come.

Dm Am Bb F Gm F Dm Bb Dm G Bb Gm Dm

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My moth er wore a yell - ow dress; Gently, gently, gent - le - ness. Come back earl - y or nev - er come.

Bb Gm Am Bb Bb Am Dm Gm Dm

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when I was five the black dreams came; Noth - ing af - ter was quite the same. Come back ear - ly or nev - er come.

Am E Am F Dm F E

Voice

The dark was talk - ing to the dead; The lamp was dark bes - ide my bed. Come back ear - ly or nev - er come.

Am Dm E Am E Am Dm Bb Am

Voice

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When I woke they did not care; No - bo - dy, no - bo - dy was there. Come back ear - ly or nev - er come.

E F Am E Am

Dm Am Am Am

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When my sil - ent terr - or cried, No - bo - dy, no - bo - dy rep - lied. Come back ear - ly or nev - er come.

Dm Am E Am Dm E Am

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I got up; the chi - lly sun saw me walk aw - ay a - lone. Come back ear - ly or nev - er come.

* Accompaniment stops on 1st beat of last minim.

 Song II - Autobiography Andrew Toovey (2010)
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q = c.50 (alternative for female voice) poem by Louis MacNeice

Dm A Bb C Dm Am Bb F

Voice
In my child - hood trees were green And there were plen - ty to be seen. Come back ear - ly or nev - er come.
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Dm Gm Dm Am Bb F Am Dm C


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My fath - er made the walls re - sound, he wore his coll - ar the wrong way round. Come back ear - ly or nev - er come.

Dm Am Bb F Gm F Dm Bb Dm G Bb Gm Dm

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My moth - er wore a yell - ow dress; Gently, gently, gent - le - ness. Come back earl - y or nev - er come.

Bb Gm Am Bb Bb Am Dm Gm Dm

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Voice

when I was five the black dreams came; Noth - ing af - ter was quite the same. Come back ear - ly or nev - er come.

Am E Am F Dm F E

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The dark was talk - ing to the dead; The lamp was dark bes - ide my bed. Come back ear - ly or nev - er come.

Am Dm E Am E Am Dm Bb Am
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When I woke they did not care; No - bo - dy, no - bo - dy was there. Come back ear - ly or nev - er come.

Dm Am Am E Am F Am E Am

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When my sil - ent terr - or cried, No - bo - dy, no - bo - dy rep - lied. Come back ear - ly or nev - er come.

Dm Am E Am Dm E Am
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I got up; the chi - lly sun saw me walk aw - ay a - lone. Come back ear - ly or nev - er come.

* Accompaniment stops on 1st beat of last minim.

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Section III
Lilting
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 Interlude III 9

(for high and low instrument with or without piano*)

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Section IV
Brightly

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