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La Guitarra
See http://tiny.cc/guitarralorca for pronunciation:
"ll" = "y", "z" = "th" as in "think".
If no guitarist is available, a piano may be used instead
(but the pianist must imagine they are playing an 88 string guitar ...)

Federico García Lorca (1898-1936) Weep O.M.N. Guitar


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SA

Em - pie -za el lla nto de la gui - ta

Bar

Em - pie -za el lla nto de la gui - ta

Guitar

rra Se rom -pen las co-pas de la ma -dru - ga da Em - pie -za el

rra Se rom -pen las co-pas de la ma -dru - ga da Em - pie -za el

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rit.

lla-nto de la gui - ta rra Es i - nú - til ca - lla-rla Es im -po - si ble ca - lla

lla-nto de la gui - ta rra Es i - nú - til ca - lla-rla Es im -po - si ble ca - lla

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21
a tempo

rla Llo - ra mo - nó -to -na co-mo llo - ra el a-gua co-mo llo - ra el

rla Llo - ra mo - nó -to -na co-mo llo - ra el a-gua co-mo llo - ra el

28
rit. a tempo

vien -to so-bre la ne - va-da Es im -po - si ble ca - lla rla

vien -to so-bre la ne - va-da Es im -po - si ble ca - lla rla

35
(possible solo)

Llo - ra por co sas le - ja nas


(possible solo)

A - re - na del sur ca - lien -te que pi-de ca-

42
Tutti

Llo - ra fle - cha sin blan - co la tar de sin ma - ña na y'el pri-


Tutti

me lias bla ncas Llo - ra fle - cha sin blan - co la tar de sin ma - ña na

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49

mer pá -ja- ro muer -to so-bre la ra ma Oh gui - ta rra! Co-ra - zón mal -he - ri - do mal -he - ri - do por

y'el pri -mer pá -ja- ro muer -to so-bre la ra ma Oh gui - ta - rra! Co-ra - zón mal -he - ri - do mal -he - ri - do por

56

cin - co e - spa -das e - spa - das

cin - co e - spa -das e - spa - das

rit.

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Lady of the sea
"… bis sie fünfmal von Herzen gelacht haben würde …"
Mr. Ricky Edward

 = 60
     
 

SOPRANO

 
                 
ALTO
    


  
La - dy of the sea, you cry a dis - con - so - late cry. Why do you cry?

TENOR        

mm mm mm

      
BASS
    
mm mm mm


4 
              
 


           
la - dy oh cry

      
  


La - dy of the sea, you cry a dis - con - so - late cry. Why do you cry?

    

mm mm mm

 
    
mm mm mm

7  
         


 
la - dy cry

                   
  
 

La - dy of the sea, you cry. You float there, tears stream - ing,

  
   
 
mm Why? mm

     
 
mm Why? mm

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2

 
11  
                

 
 
ah La - dy of the sea, you sigh a long - suf - fer - ing sigh.

             
 
as a freez - ing wind cuts.


mm mm

    
 


mah

     
  
mah mm mm

 
15 
                     



What makes you sigh? La - dy of the sea, you sigh a long - suf - fer - ing sigh.

  
  

 
     
mm mm mm

   

   
  
la - dy, la - dy sigh


mm mm mm

 
18  
                    



What makes you sigh? La - dy of the sea, you sigh. You

   
 
 
 


mm la - dy Why?


            

 
sigh You sigh, why?

     
   
mm mm Why?

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3

22  
                  



tell me your stor - y, why you had to leave your home.

 
       
 
 
  
ah How will you laugh while you’re

  



mm mm ah

     

mm mm

 
26  
                    

 
        
all on your own How will you laugh while you’re all on your own,

          


    
all on your own? How will you laugh while you’re all on your own,

     
ah

 
30  
               
rit.

        

 

all a - lone? How will you laugh? You’re not all on your own. Not a - lone!


        
              
 
 
all a - lone? How will you laugh? You’re not all on your own. Not a - lone!

              

 

ah all on your own Not a - lone!

               

ah all on your own Not a - lone!

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4


 
 
                    
34
a tempo


 
Beau - ti - ful la - dy, beau - ti - ful la - dy of the sea,


                    

      
   
Beau - ti - ful la - dy of the sea, beau - ti - ful la - dy,

  

       
Come and vi - sit me. Come and vi - sit me.

     

Come, la - dy of the sea, come. La - dy of the sea,

 
38  
           
   

 
come and live life with me. La - dy of the sea,

 
          
   

 
come and live life with me. La - dy of the sea,

  
              


Come and live life with me, e - ven for just a lit - tle while. mm

          

come and live life with me.

43  
               

 
do I see a mys - ter - i - ous smile?

              


do I see a mys - ter - i - ous smile?

             


La - dy! I see, oh la - dy,

           
  
La - dy of the sea, oh la - dy,

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5

 
rall.

48 
a tempo

    
                   

 

Did you smile a mys - ter - i - ous smile? La - dy of the sea, you laughed!

 
   
           
 

  
Did you smile? La - dy of the sea, you laughed!

       
              

  
La - dy of the sea, did you smile? La - dy of the sea, you laughed! Laughed!

                   
    
La - dy of the sea, did you smile? La - dy of the sea, you laughed! Laughed!

  
53               
           

  
Laughed a mis - chiev - i - ous laugh. You laughed! Laughed! What a beau - ti - ful laugh! Is it now

 
              

 

Laughed! Laughed! Laughed! What a beau - ti - ful laugh! Is it now

  
                

 
You laughed! Laughed! What a beau - ti - ful laugh! Is it now

         
       
 
Laughed! Laughed! What a beau - ti - ful laugh! Is it now

 = 40 
57  
               
Lento

  

 
          
time, time for you to go home, go back to the sea? When you

     
   

    
time, time for you to go home, go back to the sea? La - dy of the sea, when you

              


time, time for you to go home, go back to the sea? When you

                  
  
time, time for you to go home to the sea? La - dy of the sea, when you

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6

61     
  
        

 
laugh, re - mem - ber me, re - mem - ber.


      
         
 

 
laugh, re - mem - ber me, re - mem - ber me. La - dy of the sea.

    
         


laugh, re - mem - ber me, re - mem - ber.

             
         


laugh, re - mem - ber me, re - mem - ber. La - dy of the sea. La - dy of the sea.

65  

     

 
La - dy of the sea.

  
   

 
La - dy of the sea.

      


La - dy of the sea.

  
    
La - dy of the sea.

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Alfred’s Kingdom

I have chosen two Old English texts to illustrate the glories of Anglo-Saxon England.
The first is (probably) the earliest poem we have in Old English: Cædmon’s ​Creation Hymn
and was composed in the seventh century by (according to The Venerable Bede) an illiterate
cow-herder who used to go and hide outside when the harp was about to be passed to him,
because he could neither sing nor recite. As he thought. A man (possibly an angel) met him
outside and told him to go back into the hall and sing of the Creation of the World. And he
did.
Nu sculon herigean heofonrices Weard, Praise now to the keeper of the kingdom of heaven,
Meotodes meahte ond his modgeþanc, the power of the Creator, the profound mind
weorc Wuldorfæder; swa he wundra gehwæs of the glorious Father, who fashioned the
ece Drihten, or onstealde. beginning of every wonder, the eternal Lord.
He ærest sceop eorðan bearnum For the children of men he made first
heofon to hrofe, halig Scyppend: heaven as a roof, the holy Creator.
þa middangeard moncynnes Weard, Then the Lord of mankind, the everlasting Shepherd,
ece Drihten, æfter teode ordained in the midst as a dwelling place,
firum foldan, Frea ælmihtig. Almighty Lord, the earth for men.
The concluding couplet is from Cynewulf’s ​Crist​ (written in runes):
Eala Earendel engla beorhtost Hail Earendel, brightest of angels
Ofer Middangeard monnum sended. Sent over Middle-Earth to men.
Earendel is (we assume) a type of Christ, although the name is also cognate with the
Old Norse Aurvandil the Evening Star (Thor’s frozen toe, of all things) and the Old High
German name Orentil. For singers unfamiliar with Old English I have modernised the
spelling. For any word ending in -ih, just treat it as a German -ig.
The Anglo-Saxons eschewed rhyme, preferring to adorn their poetry with alliteration.
All lines have two or three words all beginning with the same sound. What little we know of
Old English music suggests that they were very far from tonally ambitious. Rather than
sticking purely to monastic chanting, I have been a little more adventurous; though the chords
are mostly minors (with majors used for emphasis) plus a few suspensions and a concluding
minor ninth to suggest the ecstatic nature of the coming of Christ, rather than something
incorrigibly Renaissance like a Tierce de Picardy. Robust, muscular melody lines seemed
appropriate here. Old English is not renowned for its subtlety; but it has beauties all its own.
William Vaughan

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Alfred's Kingdom
Lyrics trad. music William Vaughan

SG
kz o j kz o
aD j j j j j
=76
Sop

S
Nu shu - lon her - yan heov - on-
o o
Alt
aD j j j kz j j j kz
S
Nu shu - lon her - yan heov - on-

aD i j kz o i j kz o
M Nu
Ten

T k k
shu - lon heov - on-
ok k k k k k k k k j n ok k k k k k k j n
D
b ‡ ‡
Bass

Nu shu-lon her-yan heov-on - rich-es Weard, Meo-tod-es meah-te ond his mod-ye-thanc,

T
o k‚ k k k o n o k‚ k k k k k dim.
5

S
ak j k k j k ‡
T
- rich - es Weard, e- che Drih- ten, e- che Drih- ten, or on-

aj j o k‚ k k k‚ o o k‚ dim.
j j
A
i
T
- rich - es Weard, e- che Drih- ten, or on - steal-

aM i k jz o k k k k‚ o o k‚ dim. j
T

- rich - es Weard,
‡e-che Drih-ten, or onj - steal-
k k k k k k k k k ‚ k j
b o ‡k
o k‚
k k k‡ o o k k
dim.
B
j
weorc Wul - dor - fæd - er; swa he wun - dra ye - hwæs e- che Drih- ten, or on - steal-

S
zk o j
aj ej
9

S j k j k j j j
S
- steal - de. He ær - est sheop eor - than bear-

kz o
A
aj j k k j j k j k i
S
- de. He ær - est sheop eor - than bear - num.
j kz o j fk k fj k k j j k k k dk
T
aM
kz o T k k k k dim.
- de. He ær - est sheop eor - than bear-
k k
j o k k k fk j kz o k‡ k k
o cresc. j kz o
B
b ‡
- de. He ær - est sheop eor - than bear - num heo - von to hro - fe, hal - ig Ship - pend:

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R S T
ak n kz o
14

S j j k k i j
R S T
- num, hal - ih Ship - pend:

n o
A
ak j j k k i e j kz
R T
hal - ih Ship - pend,

aM k n j k k k k fk k i j kz o
cresc.
T
k
S U k j kz
- num. tha mid - dan - yeard mon - cyn - nes Weard:

o k k k k k k jz n n k k o
B
b ‡ k
tha mid - dan - yeard mon - cyn - nes Weard: e - che Drih - ten,

18
j k k k k kz o S j fk z o
S
aj j j
S
e - che, e - che Drih - ten, fir - um fol - dan,
o kz o o
A
a k‚ k k k k k k j fj j j kz
S
e - che Drih - ten, e - che Drih - ten, fir - um fol - dan,
j k k k k kz o k f k
T
aM j k k j kz o
T
e - che, e - che Drih - ten, fir - um fol - dan, Frea,
k k k j kz o o k f k k k k k k fj kz o
n
dim.
B
b ‡
æf - ter teo - de, fir - um fol - dan, Frea æl - mih - tih,

y U
o ‚ k k
22

a jz k j j k k k k k k
cresc.
S
k jz
Frea æl - mih - tih.
y U
Nu shu - lon her - yan heov - on - rich - es Weard,

aj j j
cresc.
dj o ‚ k k k k
A
k k k k k j k
Frea æl -
y
mih - tih.
U
Nu shu - lon her - yan heov - on - rich - es Weard,
i ok k k
T
aM k k k k
‡ k k k k k k k k k
k k k yi U
Frea æl - mih - tih. Nu shu - lon her - yan heov - on - rich - es Weard,

o k k k k ok k k k k jz
b ‡ k k k k

B

fir - um fol - dan, Frea æl - mih - tih. Nu shu - lon her - yan heov - on - rich - es Weard,

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S T cresc.
o ‚ k k k k k k k k jz o k k k k k k k dim. k k k k j
26

S
a k ‡
S T
Meo-tod-es meah-te ond his mod-ye-thanc, weorc Wul-dor-fæd-er; swa he wun - dra ye-hwæs
o ‚ o k‚ k k k k k dk dim.
A
a k k k k k k k k k jz k k dk j
S T
Meo-tod-es meah-te ond his mod-ye-thanc, weorc Wul-dor-fæd-er; swa he wun - dra ye-hwæs

ok k k k k k k k k j k o k k k k k k k dim. j j
T
aM ‡ ‡
S T
Meo-tod-es meah-te ond his mod-ye - thanc, weorc Wul-dor-fæd- er, Wul-dor - fæd - er,

o k k k k k k k k k jz o k k k k k k dk dim. j j
B
b ‡ ‡
Meo-tod-es meah-te ond his mod-ye-thanc, weorc Wul-dor-fæd- er, Wul-dor - fæd - er,

S S
k k k j
a o ‡k k k k k k kz j j mz
30

k‚ j k
cresc.
S

S T
e-che Drih-ten, or on-steal - de; e - che, e-che Drih - ten, fir-

A
a o k‚ k k e k k k k k k k k k k j j j n k
k k j
S T
e-che Drih-ten, or on-steal-de, e-che Drih-ten, or on - steal - de, fir - um fol - dan,

T
aM o ‡k k k k k k k k k k k k k j k k n k k k i
S
e-che Drih-ten, or on - steal-de, e-che Drih-ten, or on - steal-de, fir-um fol - dan,
k k k k k k
b o ‡k k k k k k k k j n k k k
cresc.
B j
e-che Drih-ten, or on - steal - de, e - che Drih-ten, or on - steal - de, fir-um fol-

R y S F
ak k j n k k k i Ef i kz k‚ k k j j i
35
=54
S

- um fol - dan,
R y
Frea æl - mih - tih.
R
E - a - la E - ar - en - dil,
dim.
Ef l
A
ai j k k i j j j k k i
R
Frea
y
æl - mih - tih.
R
E - a - la E - ar - en-

aM j j i i Ef m j j j j k k i
dim.
T

Frea æl -
R
mih -
y
tih.
R
E - a - la E - ar - en-
j j k j k i j j j j
Ef m
dim.
B
b k k i
- dan, Frea æl - mih - tih. E - a - la E - ar - en-

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l k k k k k k k k i j mz j k k
af m
42

k
cresc.
S

en-gla beorh-tost, o-ver Mid-dan - yeard mon - num send-ed,

a f jz n j k j n j i
cresc.
A
j jz j j j k
- dil, en - gla beorh - tost, o - ver Mid - dan - yeard

aM f jz n j j jz k j j j j n j k i
cresc.
T

- dil, en - gla beorh - tost, o - ver Mid - dan - yeard

f jz n j j jz k j j j n j
cresc.
k i
B
b j
- dil, en - gla beorh - tost, o - ver Mid - dan - yeard

Ujz k j R y
j jz j
af k k k n n k i
49

k i
dim.
S

mon-num send-ed,
T
en - gla
S
be - orh -
y tost.

af i j j i j n k j j k k k k j
dim.
A j
mon -
T j
num send - ed,
S
mon-num send -
y ed.
z j i jz i i i
aM f j n k
dim.
T

T
mon - num send - ed, mon - num
R j
send -
y
ed.
j j fj j i
dim.
i n ek j j i
B
bf
mon - num send - ed, mon - num send - ed.

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Red Rose
For ATB

Robbie Burns (partly improvised) DTS42


120

Alto

my love my love my love my love Oh, my love is

TB

love love love love oh my love is


7

like a red red rose that's new - ly sprung in june my


me love is like a

TB

like a red rose that's new - ly sprung in june my


me love is a
12

me - lo - dy that's sweet - est played in tune is like a red red rose

TB

18 me - lo - dy that's sweet - est played in tune oh my love oh my

as beau -ti - ful as the moon is like a me - lo - dy that's swee -test played in

TB

love oh me love is like a me - lo - dy that's sweet -est played in


This piece is under Copyright Law (whatever that means :/ ). So please do not go around plagiarising my work!

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23 2

tune my love lies yon - der vast o - ceans my love loves me and no

TB

tune my love lies yon - der love and no


30

oth - er she waits on the bay, wai - ting for me and I will

TB

oth - er she waits on the bay, wai - ting for me and I will
37

soon be home o - o - oh, my love my

TB

soon be home oh love


41

love my love loves me.

TB

love love loves me.

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Mirror of the Soul
Aphro Diety

    
 = 118

           
 
Soprano
Alto

They say the face is the mir or of the soul
     
Tenor      
Bass
The mir or shows a face

  
4

S.
            
A.

     
      I just can't tell y ou what it is I feel

     

T.
B.
that i just don't know I just can't tell y ou


    
8

   
  
S.
A.       
I know that I am me Why can't they see?

     

        
T.
B.   
what is real ly real Why can't they see?

  
12

S.
            

A.

They say the face is the mir or of the soul
     
    
T.
B.

When will the mir or show



15

S.
  
A.     
a face that I know?

   

  

T.
B.
a face that I know?
ROCCC 2019

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An Ode to Unfinished Masterpieces Noellyn Shelba
 = 120

       
Soprano
Alto
        
This con test comes once in three years This piece is not


Tenor       
       
 Ev ery three years I plan
       
Bass        
Uh Oh Uh Oh Uh Oh

  
4

S.
            
A.
what I had planned. A pol o gies to the pi on eers

T.    
        
I fail sor ry oh well
         
B.   
Uh Oh Uh Oh Uh Oh


7

        
 
S.
A.
pro cras tin a tion has won a gain

T.        
 
we'll try a gain
       
B.  
Uh Oh Uh Oh

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This is a song inspired by a poem written by a Chinese poet who lived during the Tang Dynasty, Bai
Juyi (772-846AD).

Chinese poems are mostly about providing elements that you can link together to make into your
own picture, so it’s not necessary a structured sentence. The following translation is a phrase-
based translation.

村夜 (白居易)

霜草苍苍虫切切,
村南村北行人绝。
独出前门望野田,
月明荞麦花如雪。

TITLE: Cūn Yè (Poet: Bai Juyi)


Village Night

Shuāng Cǎo Cāng Cāng Chóng Qiè Qie,


covered in frost grass Ashy. Pale. vast and infinite crickets singing

Cūn Nán Cūn Běi Xíng Rén Jué .


the north and the south of the village pedestrian disappeared

Dú Chū Qián Mén Wàng Yě Tián,


alone walk out front door look into wild field

Yuè Míng Qiáo Mài Huā Rú Xuě.


The moon Bright wheat flower as snow

Pronunciation of the Chinese language itself has systematic rules of tones. There are four tones in
total. In ancient Chinese poems, each line must follow very strict tone rules. Templates based on

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these rules were created and poets will base their poems off these templates. Characters
pronounced with the first and second tones are grouped as ‘Ping’. Characters pronounced with
the third and fouth tones are grouped as ‘Ze’. The following is a template using ‘ping’ and ‘ze’ to
show how tones must be structured:

‘ping ping ze ze ze ping ping,


ze ze ping ping ze ze ping.
ze ze ping ping ping ze ze,
ping ping ze ze ze ping ping.’

Now imagine, if you want to write a poem, you must allocate the correct tone under this template.
Of course, there are many many templates available for you to use.

It should be noted; Chinese is a language that is based on character. Each character has one
syllable. In ancient poems, apart from the tone rules, each poem also must follow a ‘character
number’ template. It can be four lines with seven characters in each line, or four lines with five
characters in each line. If each line has a different number of characters, it must also follow the
applicable template and the poem title must start with the template name.

The specific tone rules and the number regulation of characters made all the poems recitable,
sing-able or even can be a piece dance along to. As such, these poems are essentially already
equipped with musical attributes. However, there are no historical records on how each poem was
sung in ancient times, as methods of recording music in a written way was introduced very late.
Hence this song is ‘An Imagine Tune’, to explore the tone of Chinese characters in modern music
context.

The poem was written at a time when the most commonly played instrument is the ‘Guqin’, a
seven-string instrument. With regards to pronunciation, the harmony ‘denm’ is an imitation of this
ancient string instrument. The sound ‘n’ is very brief and quickly devolves into an ‘m’ sound.

Within the modern music scale, each string of the Guqin represents one note in sol-fa system:

So La Do Re Mi So La

This composition has chosen to work these seven notes as the root notes.

Sincerely,

Ice Volcano | 3rd July 2019

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An Imagined Tune Composed by: Ice Volcano
Text by: Bai Juyi (772 -846 AD)
 = 70
 4 A
    
Soprano  4

   

Alto  44        

   

   


ah ah ah  ah  ah
  
  

 44   
 
Tenor        

denm denm denm denm denm
  
 44   
    


 
 
  
Bass

denm denm denm denm denm

Voice
44     

 = 85
    
  
6 m
S.          
     
denm denm denm denm denm denm denm

   
m
           
A.
     

denm denm denm denm denm denm denm

 
T.   
 m

m
 
  
B.

denm denm

Vo.
 

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      
8

S.           
     
denm denm denm denm denm denm denm

         
      
A.
     
denm denm denm denm denm denm denm

  
T.  
m m

 


B.

denm denm

Vo.
 

      

10

S.              
 
denm denm denm denm denm denm denm
     
              
A.
 
denm denm denm denm denm denm denm

T.     
m m

  
B.
  
denm denm

Vo.
 

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B Legato  = 85
  
       
12

      

S. 
         
denm denm denm denm denm denm denm shuang cao cang cang
    
               
A.
    
denm denm denm denm denm denm denm u

     
T.

m m u

  


B.
   
denm denm u

Vo.
  


15

         
      
S.

chong qie qie yue yue yue

 

   
       
A.

yue cun nan cun bei xing ren jue yue

           
T.  
u yue yue


B.

        
u u yue

Vo.
      

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22

     
S.  

   
        
A.

    
yue

      

T.     

    
du chu qian men wang ye tian yue  Sweetly
           
  
B.

yue yue yue ming qiao mai hua ru xue

Vo.
      

C  = 85

29

    
S.

denm denm denm denm denm
  
 
                
A.

shuang cao cang cang chong qie qie cun nan cun bei

T.            
shuang cao cang cang chong qie qie

    
B.

denm denm denm

Vo.
  

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32 cresc.

  

S.        

denm du chu qian men wang ye tian


    
A.
  

xing ren jue denm denm denm

         
T.     
cun nan cun bei xing ren jue denm denm

       
B.
 
denm denm denm du chu qian men

Vo.
  

 = 70



35 

D 
               
S.

yue ming qiao mai hua ru xue m

 

        
A.

denm denm denm m



 
T.
    
denm denm denm denm
        



B.
           
wang ye tian yue ming qiao mai hua ru xue m

Vo.
     
spoken solo:
shuang cao cang cang-chong-qie qie,

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 = 105
E
 
Innocently, Children like voice

41

     
    

S. 
 
m shuang cao cang cang



    
      
A.

 
m m m m

       

T.   
m m m

        
B.

m

Vo.
       
cun nan cun bei - xing-ren- jue, du chu qian men-wang-ye tian, yue ming- qiao mai hua- ru xue.


49
          
S.           
   
         
chong qie qie cun nan cun bei xing ren jue
  
     

     
   
A.

shuang cao cang cang chong qie qie cun nan cun bei xing ren jue

   
T. 

    
B.

Vo.
   

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53

   
S. 

   
A. 
  

 
            
T.         
     
du chu qian men wang ye tian yue ming qiao mai hua ru xue

          
B.
       
du chu qian men wang ye tian yue ming qiao mai

Vo.
   


57 F  = 85
 34  
S.         
  
cang cang qie qie xing ren jue du wang

 43  
 
     
  
A.

cang cang qie qie xing ren jue du

   
43     
  
T.  
u u xing ren jue u

 


43   



B.
     
hua ru xue u u xing ren jue u u

 43
Vo.
     

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64  
 

S. 
   
   
ye tian u u xing ren jue
  
          

A.


wang ye tian u u xing ren jue

 
 
    



 
T.   
u ye tian cang cang qie qie xing ren jue yue ming

    

 
 
    

B.
  
ye tian cang cang qie qie xing ren jue yue ming

Vo.
      


71
G  = 70
   44     

S. 

hua ru xue

44    
   
 ru xue
  
A.

shuang

cao cang cang
hua  
      4   
     


T.  4 
qiao mai hua ru xue shuang cao cang cang

       44     


  

 
B.
 
qiao mai hua ru xue shuang cao cang cang

Vo.
  44     

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   

     
78

   
 
S.           
chong qie qie xing ren jue du chu

   
  
 
A.

 
cun nan cun bei
  
      
 
 
      

T. 
     
chong qie qie cun nan cun bei xing ren jue du chu

    
   
 
B.

cun nan cun bei du chu

Vo.
    

    
  
83 
  

    

S.   


qian men wang ye tian yue ming qiao mai hua ru xue hua ru

   
         
   
A.


wang ye tian yue ming qiao mai hua ru xue u

     

       

 

T. 

 
qian men wang ye tian yue ming qiao mai hua ru xue hua ru

       
     



B.

qian men wang ye tian yue ming qiao mai hua ru xue u

Vo.
        

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     
92

S.                
xue cang cang qie qie
          
 
A.              
cang cang qie qie cang cang


  
T.                
 
xue cang cang qie qie

 

 
         
B.
 
cang cang qie qie

Vo.
  

10

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To Chase a Rainbow
Lady Sunshine
A
 = 70, Tempo Rubato
      
Soprano                    


       
You're the blu est blue I've e ver seen , a shi ning sea, clear and se rene, a

     3

                


      
Alto

You're the blu est blue I've e ver seen , a shi ning sea, clear and se rene ,

       
      
                  

Tenor

You're the blu est blue I've e ver seen , a shi ning sea, clear and se rene, a

       
Bass
 

  
6
   
S.              
          
sun lit sky to pierce the heart , a brave new world, a work of art.

   
    
     
             
A.

sun lit sky to pierce the heart , a brave new world, a work of art.

    
                      
 
T.

sun lit sky to pierce the heart , a brave new world, a work of art.

        
B.
 

And the

 10
B

S.            


(hum) (hum)


           
A.


(hum) (hum)

    
T. 

                        
B.
        
ver dant fo rest of your mind is a sanc tu a ry where to find the

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 
14

              
S.
  

(hum) (hum) A



            
 
A.

(hum) (hum) A

    
T.     

A

                       
B.
      
an swers to the things we ask is not the end, but just the start.

      
C
18
 
S.                        

gol den eve ning's fa ding light , the fal ling leaves in au tumn bright ,

   

                    
A.
   
gol den eve ning's fa ding light , the fal ling leaves in au tumn bright ,

     
                       
 
T.

gol den eve ning's fa ding light , the fal ling leaves in au tumn bright ,

     
B.
 

 22
   
S.   

 
A.                        
 

such a warm, safe place to be , you hold me close, you set me free . You're the

 
T.                      

such a warm, safe place to be , you hold me close, you set me free .

 
                    
B.
  

such a warm, safe place to be , you hold me close, you set me free .

An Imagined Tune Songbook | 33


 
D
   
26

S.   

      
A.                  


shimm 'ring scar let set ting sun ooh a

        
            
T.   


Ooh that casts the sha dows, one by one ,

         
B.
  

Ooh ooh ooh

 
30
  
S.       

     
A.           
         

cross the ro sy rust stained land , ooh like shif ting sands .

                    
T.     
   
 

ooh a shif ting heart, like shif ting sands

   
               
B.
      
Ooh And

 
E
       
34

S.              

 
All the co lours of your soul, Ev ry shade that makes you whole,


      
  
A.


Ah ah ah


T.           

Ah ah ah

 
B.
        

Ah ah ah

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              
38

S.               
  

Oh, to me they are the shi ver of the mor ning sun so bright. You bring my heart to life.

 
  
           
  
A.
  
ah You bring my heart to life. Ooh

     
           

T.
  
ah You bring my heart to life. Ooh

     
B.
            
 

ah You bring my heart to life. Ooh

  
F
   
42

S.       
       
 
Ooh Ooh

  
  
  
      
A.

Ooh Ooh  You're the

  
T.            
 

Ooh Ooh You're the

           
B.
  
 
Ooh Ooh

 46
G

S.   
   

(hum) (hum)

       
A.                       
vio let glow in eve ning's sky , a hea ther haze that stings my eyes ,

     
   
                
   
T.

vio let glow in eve ning's sky , a hea ther haze that stings my eyes ,

     
B.
   
(hum) (hum)

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 
50

      

S.


(hum) (hum) So

  
A.             

   

    



A shoo ting star so far a way , Will ne ver stop, will ne ver stay So

     
                     

T.


A shoo ting star so far a way , Will ne ver stop, will ne ver stay So

      
B.
 

(hum) (hum) So

     
H

54

S.                       
 
why should I con tin ue so , tochase your heart, to fight the flow ?

     
A.           

    

    
why should I con tin ue so , tochase your heart, to fight the flow ?

   
                       
 
T.

why should I con tin ue so , tochase your heart, to fight the flow ?

   
                       
  
B.

why should I con tin ue so , tochase your heart, to fight the flow ?

 58
 
S.                         
  
 
Your world's no place for me that's just the truth, and now I see . You're the

   
A.           

   

    


Your world's no place for me that's just the truth, and now I see .

  
                      

T.

Your world's no place for me that's just the truth, and now I see .

                       
B.
  
  
Your world's no place for me that's just the truth, and now I see .

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  
I
     
62

S.                
 

co lours on my win dow pane Oh Oh


A.               

Oh Oh Oh Oh

     
T.                 
 
Oh Oh Re frac ted by the fal ling rain

               
B.
  

Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh

   
ritardando ........................................................................................

   
66

S.          
     

 dim.
You'll see it fade be fore your eyes.

   
    
A.
                


 dim.
To chase a rain bow is ne ver wise Oh be fore your eyes.

   
T.             
 
dim.
Oh Oh be fore your eyes.


             
B.
   

dim.
Oh be fore your eyes.

An Imagined Tune Songbook | 37


Empty Eyes
Castor Spell

 
 = 150
 

Soprano          
hmm hmm I tried



    
  
  

      
     
Alto
     
May be I can wait May be one more day I'll fol low your des ign I tried

       
 
Tenor    
hmm hmm I was Blind



        
Bass
   
hmm hmm I tried

 9
 
S.  
     
 
oh oh make it right What's your


 
   
A.
        
 
oh oh make it right What's on your mind

     
T.     
oh I thought we'd be fine What's your

     



     
B.
   
   
        
May be it was fate May be I just tried too hard to make it right What's your


16

S.       
 
mind I don't care what you say

 
             
    
A.
 
care say left way say say care The

     
  

                
T.    
mind And I don't care what you have left to say say say care way

        
                  
B.
  a ny
mind And I don't what you no things in my What to what to you don't

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21
 
    
S.
      
trou ble Re grets I won't say oo

   

 


                   
 
  
A.

trou ble caused made wounds I won't re pay ah I won't say Hope em braced the night
You're back on my mind

T.             
caused wounds try stay ohh ahh oo


  
    
B.
         
trou ble op en I won't make you ohh ahh oo


26

 
            

 
S.

em night ah End less time to night


on mind Leave be hind ex pire

 
  

     
A.
                
Re flec tions in still wa ters stretch with end less time to night
An noth er ques tion for you I just leave be hind ex pire

     

T.         
brace Can't you see the light End less night
my Will you leave my mind I'll be fine

         
     
B.
 
night Can't you see the light to night
mind Will you leave my mind ex pire

 
33


        
S.
  
oo don't twice oh I'll be fine
ring bells oh They work fine

 
  
           
A.
       
oo think oh For get your song but I'll be fine I
the oh Are bro ken but they still work fine my

   
 
T.        
oo twice I will not be long A
bells Bro ken is this song Just

 

               


        

B.

I will not think twice I will not for get your song but I'll be fine I
Ring all the bells most of them are bro ken but they still work fine my

An Imagined Tune Songbook | 39


 
39
    
S.                          
lone ly lie da dat da da dat da da dat da dat da dat da
Like my sky



  
A.          
   
lie Sor row's bliss Hol low hearts we hold beat out of
life Sor row's bliss Danc ing on a thou sand threads of

        
       

 

T.

lone ly lie Sor row's bliss Hol low hearts we hold beat out of
like my sky Sor row's bliss Danc ing on a thou sand threads of

       
         
B.
             
lie da da dat da da da da dat da da da da dat da da dat da dat da
life

 45
    
S.                 
     
da dat da da dat da To find Fra gile Sha ttered
One day that life Tru ly

        
     
A.
          
time Des ire To find that fra gile hope we long for sha ttered by
lies Des ire To one day make that life we long for tru ly ours

  
                  
T.
   
time Des ire To find that fra gile hope we long for sha ttered by
lies Des ire To one day make that life we long for tru ly ours

     
             
B.
    
da da dat da da da da dat da da Daaa Daa Sha tter ed by
tru ly it's ours


1. 2.
 50
    



S.                 
bro ken minds left be hind but em pty eyes oo
we de scribe
                

         
A.
           
our bro ken minds with no thing left be hind but em pty eyes
as we des cribe with no thing left be hind but em pty eyes And one day I'll be stong

           
          
      
       
 

T.

our bro ken minds with no thing left be hind but em pty eyes
as we des cribe with no thing left be hind but em pty eyes And one day I'll be stong

 
 

        
B.
          
our bro ken minds left be hind but em pty eyes oo
as we des cribe

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59
 
   
                
S.
       
I'll be strong But right now I'll re pair what I have left



   
                
A.
            
But right now I'll re pair what I have left
'nough to re sist
      
    
                
  
 
T.

But right now I'll re pair what I have left


'nough to re sist


            
              
B.
      
bring it re sist you can do it But right now I'll re pair what I have left

   
  
64

S.                   
Ah call ing this we all feel des ire to find that some thing we


  

      
A.
          
    

Sor row's bliss Hope less ness hol low hearts des ire to find that some thing we

     
        

     
T.
  
Ah call ing this we all feel des ire to find that some thing we

   
  


B.
              
 
Ah Hope less ness hol low hearts des ire to find that some thing we

 
71
     
S.                  
      
re quire to fill that void we try to hide with no thing left be hind but em pty eyes

   
 
           
    
A.
        
re quire to fill that void we try to hide with no thing left be hind but em pty eyes

     
               
      
T.
  
re quire to fill that void we try to hide with no thing left be hind but em pty eyes

            
                
B.
 
re quire to fill that void we try to hide with no thing left be hind but em pty eyes

An Imagined Tune Songbook | 41


  
cresc.

     
79

S.             
       

we talk a bout Sor row's bliss Swa llowed by the oc ean in your eyes des ire I

cresc.
    
          
             
A.
 
we talk a bout Sor row's bliss Swa llowed by the oc ean in your eyes des ire I

  
cresc.
            
    

      

T.

we talk a bout Sor row's bliss Swa llowed by the oc ean in your eyes des ire I


cresc.
               
              

B.

we talk a bout Sor row's bliss I'm Swa llowed by the oc ean in your eyes des ire I

      
       
86

    

         
S.  
can not see what's on your mind I reach but you are gone from sight with no thing left be

  
 
    
 
        
     
     
A.

can not see what's on your mind I reach but you are gone from sight with no thing left be

     
               

      
T.
  
can not see what's on your mind I reach but you are gone from sight with no thing left be

 
               

    
B.
      


can not see what's on your mind I reach but you are gone from sight with no thing left be


      
 
 Rit...

    
92

S.        
    
hind no em pty eyes. no em pty eyes


 Rit...
Solo voice floaty and sweet
  


   
(really slow down here)

             
A.
     
hind no em pty eyes. no em pty May be I won't wait

 Rit...

 
    
 

            
T.  
hind no em pty eyes. no em pty eyes


Rit...
 

   
 
              
 
B.

hind no em pty eyes. no em pty eyes

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Lorem Ipsum
Ido No Latin

 124
   
.= 80 ( = 120)
Soprano  8

 
 124

8   
              
Alto

Lo rem ip sum do lor sit a met ei us mod tem por


124               

 8  
Tenor
 
Lo rem ip sum do lor sit a met ei us mod tem por

 124    
Bass
 8

  124

Timpani  8                                        

Cymbal  124
8    

 
5

 

S.      
Lo rem ip sum do lor

   
           
        
A.

in ci di dunt, mag nam al i quam qua e rat vol up tem Lo rem ip sum

          
  

       
T.

in ci di dunt, mag nam al i quam qua e rat vol up tem Lo rem ip sum



    
B.
   
Lo rem ip sum do lor



Timp.                     

Cym.    

An Imagined Tune Songbook | 43


                
8

S.          
     
sit a met ei us mod tem por in ci di dunt, e rror sit vo lu tap tem o dit fu gi at

                
A.
   
do lor sit in ci di dunt in ci di dunt e rror Lo rem ip sum fu gi at

                
T.  
do lor sit in ci dunt in ci dunt e rror Lo rem ip sum fu gi at

           
          
 
B.

sit a met ei us mod tem por in ci di dunt Lo rem ip sum fu gi at

       
Timp.              

Cym.    


11

          
 
S.           
Lo rem ip sum Lo rem ip sum ad min Lo rum ip sum
 
                
 
A.

Lo rem ip sum Lo rem ip sum ad min Lo rum ip sum

               
 

T.

Lo rem Lo rem ip sum ad min la bor is ni si qui ven i am


 
B.
   
  
       
     
Lo rem Lo rem ip sum Lo rem ip sum ad min Lo rum ip sum


 
Timp.                             
 

Cym.     

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    
15

         4

     4

S.

De se runt moll i ti a Lo rem ip sum do lor

4

A.                                4
De se runt De se runt moll i Lo rem ip sum do lor sit Mi ni ma temp o ra in ci dunt la bo re ven i am

                 44
 
T.      
De se runt De se runt moll i Lo rem ip sum do lor sit Lo rum ip sum do lor sit

 4


                   4
 
B.

De se runt De se runt moll i Lo rem ip sum do lor sit Lo rum ip sum do lor

   44
Timp.                 

Cym.                        44

 4sub. 

18

       124

S. 4 8            
sit Do lor em ip sum qui Lo rem ip sum Lo rem Lo rem ip sum Lo rem

 44  124
sub.  
A.      8            
Lo rem ip sum do lor Lo rem ip sum Lo rem Lo rem ip sum Lo rem

 44 
 124
8            
sub.  

T.  
Lor ip sum do lor Lo rem ip sum Lo rem Lo rem ip sum Lo rem

4 124
sub.  
B.
 4   8            
sit Lo rem ip sum Lo rem Lo rem ip sum Lo rem

 44 124
sub.  

  8       
Timp.         

Cym.  44     124
8        

         

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  
22
         
           
S.
 
Lo rem ip sum do lor sit a met ei us mod tem por in ci di dunt, mag nam

 

 
A.
                   

Lo rem ip sum do lor sit a met ei us mod tem por in ci di dunt, mag nam

         
      

T.        
Lo rem ip sum do lor sit a met ei us mod tem por in ci di dunt, mag nam

  
     

  
B.
         
   
Lo rem ip sum do lor sit a met ei us mod tem por in ci di dunt, mag nam


Timp.                     

Cym.                   

       
25

     
S. 
        
al i quam qua e rat vol up tem Lo rum ip sum Lo rum ip sum

  
               
    
A.

al i quam qua e rat vol up tem Lo rum ip sum Lo rum ip sum

    
  
         
T.

al i quam qua e rat vol up tem Lo rum ip sum

        
          

B.

al i quam qua e rat vol up tem Lo rum ip sum

        
Timp.            

Cym.                   

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 
28

            
 
S.               
Lo rum ip sum do lor om i nis fa ci lis pro vi dent poss i mus na tus Lo rem ip sum do lor
  
                          
A.

Lo rum ip sum do lor om i nis fa ci lis pro vi dent poss i mus na tus Lo rem ip sum do lor

     
    
  
T.      
Lo rum ip sum do lor Lo rem ip sum Lo rem ip sum do lor

      
  
B.
          
Lo rum ip sum do lor Lo rem ip sum Lo rem ip sum do lor

 

Timp.                  

Cym.               

    
31

         
         
 (Closed mouth)
S.         
sit a met ei us mod id est con se qua tur au tem lau dan ti um to ta m

   
         
 (Closed Mouth)
  
A.            
a met Lo rem ip sum con se qua tur au tem lau dan ti um to ta m

                (Closed Mouth)
 
T.          

a met Lo rem ip sum con se qua tur au tem lau dan ti um to ta m

  
      

            
(Closed Mouth)
B.
    

a met Lo rem ip sum con se qua tur au tem lau dan ti um to ta m

  

Timp.      

Cym.     

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35 (Closed Mouth)

S.     
    
Lo rem ip su m
(Closed Mouth)

        
 
A.

Lo rem ip su m

         
("m" at end of phrase)
 
T.    
Lo rem ip sum Lo rem ip sum

            
 ("m" at end of phrase) 
   
B.

Lo rem ip sum Lo rem ip sum

              
  
 
Timp.  

Cym.                

        

 
40

     
 
       
S.

Lo rem ip sum De se runt vol up tem

 
  
 

          
  
A.

Lo rem ip sum al i quam qua e rat vol up tem



       
        
T.

Lo rem ip sum ip sum al i quam qua e rat vol up tem

   


     
    
B.

Lo rem ip sum ip sum De se runt vol up tem



Timp.                  

Cym.       

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 
42


S.                          
De se runt De se runt moll i ti a Lo rem ip sum la bo rum fu gi at in ci dunt




                       
A.

De se runt De se runt moll i ti a Lo rem ip sum la bo rum fu gi at in ci dunt


         

T.              
De se runt De se runt moll i ti a Lo rem ip sum la bo rum fu gi at in ci dunt

 
    
 
     
B.
   
De se runt moll i ti a Lo rem ip sim

  

                
Timp.   

Cym.                     

    
       
45

    

S.        
 
lo rem ip sum do lor sit a met ei us mod a met Lo rem ip sum do lor

 

A.                          
Lo rem ip sum a met a met Mi ni ma temp o ra in ci dunt la bo re ven i

 
           

   

T.

Lo rem ip sum a met a met Lo rem ip sum do lor

    
 
B.
              
Do lo rem ip sum do lor sit a met Lo rem ip sum do lor



Timp.                    

Cym.                    

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          
48



S.   
Lo rem ip sum do lor Lo rem ip sum do lo
 
               
    
A.

Mi ni ma temp o ra in ci dunt la bo re ven i am Lo rem ip sum do lo

     
         
 

T.              
Mi ni ma temp o ra in ci dunt la bo re ven i am Mi ni ma temp o ra in ci dunt la bo re ven i am

    
 
 
B.
          
Lo rem ip sum Lo rem ip sum do lo

      
Timp.    

Cym.           

           
50

S. 

Lo rem ip sum do lo rem


 
        
 
A.

Lo rem ip sum do lo rem

 
     
 
T.   
Lo rem ip sum do lo
rem

 
Mi ni ma temp o ra in ci dunt la bo re ven i am
                     
B.
       
Lo rem ip sum do lo Lo rem ip sum do lo rem


   

Timp.            

          

   

Cym.

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Program Notes: Sacramento

Jethro Clampett Jr was born and raised in Albuquerque NM. After a rudimentary
schooling at Miss Betsy’s Academy For Incorrigibles he studied music, drama, ballet and
hog-calling at the University of Nevada (Carson City). Upon graduation he obtained
employment as a glue-lifter in a felting studio. At the end of his long, happy life his proudest
boast was having drunk Kit Carson under the table with his much-feared bootleg whisky, the
recipe for which he took to his grave; though it is believed that corn syrup, potted anchovies
and goat’s cheese were among the suspicious ingredients.
Jethro greatly admired the music of Palestrina, which he imperfectly understood;
and combined this love with a vague resentment that his home town was not the state
capital. ​Sacramento​’s first performance is believed to have occurred during a lunar eclipse in
a Navajo village, and at its conclusion the tribal police were sent for. Clampett was
unrepentant, as were his three fellow-conspirators. All were later admitted to the rank of
assistant shaman among the Hopi, on the grounds that anyone who could make such
improbably strange music was manifestly touched by the Great Spirits. Or some form of
spirits, anyway.
A visiting organist complained to Clampett that the final sixteen bars of the piece
were identical to the first sixteen. Jethro was unrepentant, claiming that anything which cut
down on rehearsal time had to be a good thing; and the performers would have adequate
opportunity to get it right the second time around.
Text​:
Sacramento is California's capital.
New York's is Albany; what's with that anyway?
Iowa Des Moines, Idaho has Boise;
South Dakota has Pierre. Is that even a place?
Santa Fe is the capital of New Mexico.
No, it's not Albuquerque.
But it really should be.

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Sacramento
Jethro Clampett Jr

F l l l l l l
aE
=54
Sop

Alto
a E k z k‚ k k k k j k k n j jz dk j j j k ek
Sa - cra - men - to, Sa - cra - men - to, Sa - cra - men-

Tenor
aM E
l l k z k‚ k k k k j k k n j j j
Sa - cra - men - to, Sa - cra - men-

bE
l l l l kz k k k k k j k
‡ -
Bass

Sa cra - men - to,

‚ k k j k k n j j kz k‚ k k k
a kz k k k j j j
7

Sa - cra -men - to, Sa - cra - men - to, Sa-

A
aj n k k j dk i k z e k‚ k k k j j j j
- to, Sa - cra - men - to, Sa - cra - men - to, Sa-

k z k kz k k k k k k j
T
aM j ‡ ‡ i kz k‚ k k k k i
- to, Sa - cra - men - to,
k j j k dk k n kz e k k k k k k k j kz k k k k
B
b n ‡
j ‡
Sa - cra - men - to, Sa - cra - men - to, Sa-

y
j k k i i
a k dk k k k f k k k k kz k‚
13

S j
- cra - men - to, Sa - cra - men - y
to is Ca - li - for-nia's ca - pi-

A
a k z k‚ k dk k k dk k k k k i i j k k k k kz k‚
- cra - men -
y
to is Ca - li - for-nia's ca - pi-

‚ k kz k k kkj i j k k k k f kz k
T
aM k z k k k k k ‡ - ‡
Sa - cra - men y
to is Ca - li - for-nia's ca - pi-
dk k k k j k k ek i k k k k kz k‚
B
b kz ‡ i j
- cra - men - to is Ca - li - for-nia's ca - pi-

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y y
m k‚ k k k k kz e ‡k i
19

S
ai j k k kz k‚ j kz
y
- tal. New York's ca - pi - tal is y
Al - ba - ny.

ai k k n k k k kkkkkk i
A
j k k j kz k
y
- tal. New York's is Al - ba - ny, New York's is Al -
y
ba - ny.

T
aM i
l m j k e k k kz k‚ k k k k k i
y
- tal. New York's ca - pi - tal is Al - ba - ny.y
l kz k k k kz k j kz k k k k i
B
bi ‡ ‡ ‡
- tal. New York's ca - pi - tal is Al - ba - ny.

y
aj k k j k‚ e k n
25

k k kz
(de Moyn)
S
k j k
What's with that a - ny - way? y I - o - wa Des Moines, and

A
aj dk k k k j k ek k k k k k k jz
What's with that an - y - way? I - o - wa Des Moines, Des Moines;

k k k z k‡ j m kz k‚ fk k
T
aM j j
What's with that y
a - ny - way? I - o -
fk k k k
wa Des Moines;
k k j l j
B
bj k k
What's with that a - ny - way? I - o - wa Des Moines;

y y
‚ k ‚ k z k‚ j k‚ i
a kz k k e k k k k kz k k i
29

S j kz
I - da - ho has Boise, y South Da - ko - ta has y
Pi - erre.

A
a n kz k k k k kz k k
kkkkj k z k‚ j j kz k‚ i
I - da - ho has
yBoise; South Da - ko - ta has
y
Pi - erre.

k kz k i kz k j j kz k‚ i
T
aM n k k k k e k k ‡k ‡
kz k k k k
and I - da - ho has y
Boise; South Da - ko - ta has y
Pi - erre.

B
b ‡ ek j j i kz k‚ j j kz k i

I - da - ho has Boise; South Da - ko - ta has Pi - erre.

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y
35
' l l l l
S
a k k k k k i
'
Is that e - ven a y
place?

A
a k k k k k i k z k‚ k k k k j k k n j k j dk
Is that e - ven a
y
place? San - ta Fe is the ca - pi-
' k j
T
aM k k k k k i l l k z k‚ k k k k
'
Is that e - ven a y
place? San - ta Fe is
l l l l
B
b k k k k k i
Is that e - ven a place?

l l k z k‚ k k k k j k k n j j j
41

S
a
San - ta Fe rules New Me-

A
aj j j k ek j n k k j dk i k z e k‚ k k k
- tal of New Me - xi - co. No, it's not Al - bu - quer-

k n j j j j kz k kz ‡k k k k k k j i
T
aM ‡ New Me - xi- co.
the ca - pi - tal of No,

b kz k‡ k
kk k j k k n j j k dk k n kz e k k k k k k k
B

San - ta Fe is the ca - pi - tal of New Me - xi-

y
j j kz k‚ k k k k dk k k k j k k i i
47

S
a
- xi - co. No, it's not Al - bu - quer - que. It real-ly should y
be.

A
aj j j j k z k‚ k dk k k dk k k k k i i
- que. But it real - ly should
y
be.

T

aM kz k k k k k
i k z k‚ k k k k k k z k‡ k k k j i
it's not Al - bu - quer - que. But it real - ly should y
be.
j j z k k
k k k k kz dk k k j k k ek i i
B
b ‡ ‡
- co. No, it's not Al - bu - quer - que. But it should be.

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Requiem
Elon Musk
A
  
I. Introit  = 60
     
Soprano  
       
Alto  
       
Tenor  

        
Bass
     
 
   
 Re qui em, Re qui em ae

                 
  
Piano  
            

  
       


Violin  
 
 

Violin        

Viola         

                  
Violoncello 
 
 
     
pizz.

Contrabass         


An Imagined Tune Songbook | 55


B
7      
S. 
     
A. 
         
T.   
 

Re qui em æ ter nam do na e is,

    
    
B.
           
ter nam, Do mi ne. Re qui em ae ter nam, do na e is
    
         
Pno. 
             
    
     
Vln.  
     
Vln.  

            
Vla.
 


Vc.
      

          
Cb.
        

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 
12
    
S. 
     
A. 
              
T.   
 
Do mi ne: et lux per pe tu a lu ce at e is.
              

B.
       
Do mi ne, Re qui em ae ter nam, do na e is Do mi ne,

    
       
Pno.
              
    
     
Vln. 
     
Vln. 

Vla.             

Vc.
      

           
      

Cb.

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C
  
          
17

  
S.
 
 Re

qui em æ ter nam do na e is Do mi ne:
  
A.             

Re qui em æ ter nam do na e is, Do mi ne:
             
T.    
 Re qui em æ ter nam do na e is, Do mi ne:

    
            
B.
 
 Re qui em ae ter nam, do na e is Do mi ne,

                
       
Pno.  

                 
           
        
Vln. 
 

 
Vln.              


            
Vla.
 

     
Vc.   

          

     
            

Cb.

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    
S.

et lux per pe tu a lu ce at e is.
 
          
A.

et lux per pe tu a lu ce at e is.


        
T.     

 
et lux per pe tu a lu ce at e is.
         
B.
      
Re qui em ae ter nam, do na e is Do mi ne,

     
       
   
 
Pno.
                 
           
         
Vln. 

          
Vln.

Vla.            

    
Vc.   

                    
Cb.         

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D
 
25

            
S.
  
Te de cet hym nus, De us, in Si on, et

          

  
A.

Te de cet hym nus, De us, in Si on, et


      
T.       
de cet hym nus, De us, in Si on, et

         
B.
    
de cet hym

nus, De us, in Si on, et

                
 
Pno.
 

         
          

 

              
Vln.

 
Vln. 
           

Vla.              

           
Vc.  

Cb.
        

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E
 
30
 
S.             
   


ti bi red de tur vo tum in Je ru sa lem. Ex au di! Ex

  
A.
             
ti bi red de tur vo tum in Je ru sa lem. Ex au di!
  
T.                  
ti bi red de tur vo tum in Je ru sa lem. Ex au di!

         
B.
         
ti bi red de tur vo tum in Je ru sa lem. Ex au di!


              
     
 
   
Pno.
          
        
  
Vln.         
   


    

 

   
Vln.
 
    
Vla.            

   
Vc.           

Cb.
      

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35
 
S.          

       
di  o

au ra ti o nem me am Ad te om nis ca ro ve ni

         

       
A.

Ex au di  o ra ti o nem me am Ad te om nis ca ro ve ni
   
T.                  

Ex au di o ra ti o nem me am Ad te om nis ca ro ve ni
                
B.
    
Ex au di  o ra ti o nem me am Ad te om nis ca ro ve ni

       
      



   
Pno.
        
 
  

    
Vln.     



      
  
Vln.



Vla.         
   

        
Vc.    


Cb.
        

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F
 
42

        

S.


et. Oo

    
   
A.

et.  Re qui em æ ter nam


 
T.     
et.  Oo

  
B.
     
et.  Oo
  
  
Pno.  
         
 
            
     
   
Vln.   
  

 
Vln.

   
Vla.  
   
Vc.  

                 
Cb.             

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 
46

S.       
  
A.           

do na de func tis, Do mi ne. Et lux per
 
T.       

     
B.
  
   

Pno.
             
                 
   
Vln. 
   
Vln. 

Vla.     

Vc.
    

          
                 
  
Cb.

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G
  
 
49

      

S.
 Re qui em æ
   
      
   
A.

pe tu a lu ce at e is. Re qui em æ
       
T.     
 Re qui em ae

  
      
B.
 
 Re qui em ae
    
  
Pno.
             
           
    
   
Vln.  
   
Vln.  

Vla.     

    
Vc.  

                
Cb.
           

11

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  
53
        
 
S.
 

ter nam do na e is Do mi ne: et lux per
 
A.            
ter nam do na e is, Do mi ne: et lux per
       
      
 
T.

ter nam, do na e is Do mi ne: et lux per


     
         

B.

ter nam, do na e is Do mi ne, et lux per



        
   
    
Pno.

      
        
       
  

Vln.        

Vln.         

Vla.         

      
Vc.
  
                 
Cb.             

12

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        
57 subito

 
S.
      

pe tu a e is, lu ce at e is.
  
      
    
A.


pe tu a e is, lu ce at e is.
         
   

T.


pe tu a e is, lu ce at e is.
     
B.
        

pe tu a e is, lu ce at e is.
    
     

Pno.
     
  
 
         
            
    
Vln.     
    
     
Vln.

Vla.           

   
Vc.
       

               
Cb.          

13

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 
62

    
 
S.

    

 
A.


      

T.

   
   
B.

  

   
Pno.
 
 
      
      
Vln. 
  
Vln. 

Vla.    

   
Vc.    

Cb.
    



 



  

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A Letter
To all the future selves we've lost
Teresa Lin
A
  = 55, inappropriately sprightly
        
     
          

Soprano



 
We built a ca stle to the sky, walls of dreams and spires of hope,

   
  


 
         
Alto/Tenor
       

We built a ca stle to the sky walls of dreams and spires of hope

  
(stagger breathing)

Bass   
                      

dn dn da dn dn dn dn dn da dn dn dn dn dn da dn dn daa dn dn da dn dn dn

     
(rhyming before grammar, don't @ me ok)

4

 

              

S.

 
built a throne for you and I, poured our souls in to the moat . But

    
           
A./T.
     
built a throne you and I poured our souls in to the moat

B.                        
dn dn da dn dn dn dn dn da dn dn dn dn dn da dn dn dn dn dn da dn dn dn

    
    
6

          
S.   


then one day the dra gons came, came to take a way our name, we

    
         
A./T.
        

then one day the dra gons came came to take a way our name

B.                        

dn dn da dn dn dn dn dn da dn dn dn dn dn da dn dn dn dn dn da dn dn dn

     
     
8

                
 
S.



 
fought to ge ther, fought a lone , fought them back, and kept our home. Good

      
               
A./T.
      

fought to ge ther fought a lone fought them back and kept our home la la la
  
B.                        

dn dn da dn dn dn dn dn da dn dn dn dn dn da dn dn dn dn dn da dn Ah

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B
11
      
S.    
          

 
bye, old friend I lost so long a go. I ne ver saw you

   

 

 
 


       
A./T.
 

Good bye, old friend lost so long long a go, Ne ver saw you

       
  

B.


Good bye old friend, long a go I

   
  
13

         
S.         

 
go, though I know that I must con tin ue a lone , a lone with out you. For

    
      
A./T.
         
though I know that must con tin ue a lone , a lone with out you.

           
B. 
know that I must go on on with out you.

   
    
15

       
S.     
    
 


this is what you'd want, and this is what we need I ne ver thought that

  
    
      
         
A./T.
  
 
This is what you'd what you'd want this is what we need Ne ver thought that

        
            


B.

  
This is what you'd what you'd want this is what we need I thought

  
       
18

      
S.        
I could sur vive with out you, but now see how I live , I live for us both.

     
    
    
 
A./T.
            
I could with out but now see how I live , I live for us both . It's

             
B.  
I could see how live, live, live for us both.

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     

20

            
S.  
 
Plain to see des ti ny ne ver set in stone. Ah

         
          
    
A./T.

plain to see our des ti ny was ne ver set in stone.

          
B.           
 
Plain to see des ti ny ne ver set in stone. Ah
C
  
   
23

    
S.
  


 
Ah
 
   
 
           
A./T.

  
La la la la la la la la la la, Ah When

            
B.      

La la la la la la la la la la

  (stagger breathing)

  
25

S.
                       


  
dn dn da dn dn dn dn dn da dn dn dn dn dn da dn dn dn dn dn da dn dn dn
   
               

 
A./T.

in the mor ning I a woke, I searched for you a long the shore, but

                
B.           

In the mor ning I a woke searched for you on the shore


  
27

S.
                      
dn dn da dn dn dn dn dn da dn dn dn dn dn da dn dn dn dn dn da dn dn dn

     
A./T.               

 

you were gone, we ne ver spoke a gain, you were no more. And

             
        

B.


you were gone ne ver spoke a gain, you were no more. And

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  
29

S.
                      


   
dn dn da dn dn dn dn dn da dn dn dn dn dn da dn dn dn dn dn da dn dn dn

    
              
 
A./T.

all those years, I pined for you , I cursed the dra gons through and through. Our

                 
    
B.
  
all those years, I pined for you cursed the dra gons through and through

  
        
31

S.
                    


      
dn dn da dn dn dn dn dn da dn dn dn dn dn da dn dn dn dn dn da dn la la la
   
                  
 
 
A./T.



ca stle, once so grand, was bare: it could not stand with out you there. Good

           
B.          
         


cas tle grand now so bare could not stand you there Ah

D
  
   
34

                  
S.


Good bye, old friend lost so long long a go, Ne ver saw you

  
        
       
 
A./T.

bye, old friend I lost so long a go. I ne ver saw you

        
B.    

Good bye old friend, long a go I


  
36

        
S.             

though I know that must con tin ue a lone , a lone with out you.

  
              


     
A./T.


go, though I know that I must con tin ue a lone , a lone with out you. For
     
B.
      
know that I must go on on with out you.

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   
  
38

S.     
                   
  
This is what you'd what you'd want this is what we need Ne ver thought that

   
      
       
        
A./T.

 
this is what you'd want, and this is what we need. I ne ver thought that

  
B.
     
                 
  
This is what you'd what you'd want this is what we need I thought

  
   
41

        
S.            
I could with out but now see how I live , I live for us both .

 
             
  
        
A./T.


I could sur vive with out you, but now see how I live , I live for us both. It's
    
B.          
I could see how live, live, live for us both.

  
      
43

    
S.         

Plain to see des ti ny ne ver set in stone.

  
        
      
A./T.
     

plain to see our des ti ny was ne ver set in stone. Ah

         
B.            


Plain to see des ti ny ne ver set in stone. Ah

  
E

    
46

S.            
 
La la a la la la la la la la Ah

   
           
    
A./T.


la la la la la la la la la la
     
B.          

Ah I

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  
(stagger breathing)

      
48

S.                    

dn dn da dn dn dn dn dn da dn dn dn dn dn da dn dn dn dn dn da dn dn dn

  
(stagger breathing)

                
         
A./T.

 
dn dn da dn dn dn dn dn da dn dn dn dn dn da dn dn dn dn dn da dn dn dn
            
         
B.
     
spend my days, now, by the sea. Though there's no ca stle, there's a view, and


  
50

S.                      


dn dn da dn dn daa dn dn da dn dn daa dn dn da dn dn daa dn dn da daa

A./T.                        

 
dn dn da dn dn daa dn dn da dn dn daa dn dn da dn dn daa dn dn da daa
       
B.

              

though I miss our fan ta sy, I live this sim ple life for you La la

F

ritardando.................................................................................................................................

 
    
52

             
S.

 


La la la la la la la la la la, La la la la la la la la la.

                  
  
A./T.

 
La la la la la la la la la la, la la la la la la la la la la

    
    
B.           
 
la la la la la la la la la, La la la la la la la la la.

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Trees
Music by Zen
Text by Joyce Kilmer and Zen

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Program Notes
What do programs that manipulate trees sound like? This composition tries to find out. The running
of a program is like a narrative:

Once upon a time there was a poem about trees. The first word was “I”. It was stored at the
root of a binary tree. The second word was “think”. It was stored in a node pointed to by the
right pointer of the “I” node. But this was a splay tree, and so the two nodes were
rearranged so that “think” was at the top. And so the story continues.

Non-text syllables were chosen for left and right directions respectively, as well as for the creation of
new nodes. The first letter of the word was mapped to a MIDI note number in a singable range.
Claps were used to represent the frequency of the word being stored in a node. Major chords were
used for traversals to the right, minor chords for traversals to the left, and open fifths were used for
the centre “root” node.

Text
I think that I shall never see

A poem lovely as a tree.

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Trees
Joyce Kilmer and Zen Zen

q = 132
° 1 ∑ ppp ∑ ∑ bœ nœ b˙ ∑
pp
∑ ˙ ∑ bœ nœ ∑
SOPRANO &2 b˙ ˙ ˙ ˙
Wa m z, rr think, ee Wa think, m z,

1 ∑ ppp ∑ ∑ bœ œ b˙ ∑ ∑ ∑ b˙
pp
∑ ∑ ∑
ALTO &2 b˙ ˙ œ œ
Wa m z rr ee Wa m z

1
ppp pp
TENOR & 2 b˙ b˙ b˙ ∑ bœ œ b˙ b˙ ∑ b˙ b˙ ˙ ∑ ∑ œ œ b˙
‹ I, Wa I m z rr I I, Wa m z I,

?1
¢ 2 ∑ b˙ ∑ bœ œ b˙ ∑ ∑ b˙ ∑
ppp pp
BASS b˙ b˙ ˙ ˙ œ œ b˙
Wa m z rr I ee Wa m z I

q = 132
1 œ Œ œ Œ
CL 2 ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑

16
° ˙ œ Œ ˙
∑ b˙ ∑ b˙
p
& ˙ ˙ ˙ ˙ ˙ ˙ ˙ ˙ ˙ ˙
zz think, z, rr think, think, mm that, think, that, think, that, think, oo that,

∑ ∑ bœ Œ ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑
p
& b˙ ˙ ˙ ˙
zz z rr mm oo

bœ Œ ˙ ∑ ∑ ∑
p
& <b>˙ ˙ b˙ ˙ ˙ ˙ b˙ ˙ ˙ ˙ b˙ ˙
‹ think, I z rr think, think, mm I that, think, that, think,

? ∑ ˙
bœ Œ ˙ ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑
p

¢ b˙ b˙ ˙ b˙ ˙ ˙
zz I z rr mm I that, think, oo

∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑
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2
33
°
& ∑ ˙ ˙ ˙ ∑ bœ nœ ∑ ˙ ˙ ∑ œ Œ ˙ b˙ ˙ ˙ b˙ ∑
ee Wa that, m z, zz that, z, think, mm that, that, mm

& ∑ b˙ ˙
∑ ∑
œ œ
∑ b˙ ∑ ∑ bœ Œ ∑
˙
∑ ∑
˙

ee Wa m z zz z mm mm

& b˙ b˙ ˙ ∑ ∑ œ œ b˙ b˙ ˙ b˙ bœ Œ ˙ ˙ ˙ ˙ ˙ b˙
‹ I Wa m z I, that, I z think, mm that, that, mm I

? ∑ ∑ ∑
¢ b˙ ˙ ˙ œ œ b˙ b˙ b˙ bœ Œ ∑ ˙ ∑ ∑ ˙ b˙
ee Wa, m z I zz I z mm mm I

∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ œ Œ ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑

50

bœ Œ ˙ ˙ ∑ ∑ b˙ ∑ ∑ ∑ bœ Œ b˙
mp
& ˙ ˙ ˙ ˙ ˙
°
think, m rr that, that, z, think, oo that, mm rr

& ∑ Œ ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ Œ b˙
mp

œ ˙ ˙ ˙ ˙ œ
m rr z that, mm rr

˙
mp
& ˙ œ Œ ˙ ˙ ˙ ˙ ˙ b˙ ∑ b˙ b˙ ∑ ˙ œ Œ b˙
‹ think, m rr that, that, z think, I, oo I, I, that, mm rr

? ∑
œ Œ ˙ ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ œ Œ b˙
mp

¢ ˙ ˙
m rr z oo mm rr

∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ œ œ ∑ ∑ ∑

66
°
& ∑ ∑ ˙ ˙ #˙ ∑ ˙ #˙ ˙ ˙ #˙ #˙ ∑ nœ #œ ˙ b˙
zz that, shall, ee shall, that, Wa shall, m z, that, mm

& ∑ ∑ b˙ ∑ ∑ ∑ b˙ ∑ ∑ b˙

∑ ∑
#œ œ

˙
zz ee oo Wa m z mm

& b˙ b˙ b˙ ˙ ∑ b˙ b˙ ∑ ∑ ˙ ∑ ∑
#˙ #œ œ ˙ ˙
‹ I I that, I, oo Wa m z that, mm

? ∑ ∑ ∑ b˙ ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑
¢ b˙ b˙ b˙ ˙ #˙ ˙ #œ œ ˙
I I zz ee oo Wa m z mm

∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ œ Œ ∑ ∑ ∑

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3
82
°
& #˙ ˙ bœ Œ ∑ ˙ #˙ ∑ #˙ ˙ ∑ œ Œ #˙ #˙ ∑ ˙ ∑
shall, that, mm zz shall, zz that, z, rr shall, mm

& ∑ ∑
œ
Œ ∑ b˙ ∑ #˙ #˙ ∑ ∑ bœ Œ

∑ #˙ #˙ ∑
mm zz shall, z rr shall,

& #˙ ˙ œ Œ b˙ b˙ #˙ ˙ b˙ bœ Œ #˙ #˙ b˙
#˙ #˙ #˙ #˙
‹ shall, that, mm I shall, shall, zz that, I z rr shall, shall, mm I

? ∑ ∑
¢ œ Œ b˙ b˙ ∑ ∑

∑ b˙ bœ Œ #˙ ∑ ∑
#˙ b˙
mm I zz zz I z rr mm I

∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑

∑ nœ #œ
98

∑ ∑ ˙ #˙ ∑ ∑ ˙ ∑ ∑ œ Œ ∑
mf
& œ #˙
°
#œ #˙
ne- ver, shall, ee Wa m z, zz z,
mf
& Œ Œ Ó n˙ œ ∑
b˙ #˙ œ ∑ #œ œ ∑
b˙ œ ∑
bœ Œ #˙
#œ #œ #œ
oo ne- ver, ee Wa ne- ver, m z zz ne- ver, z shall,

∑ ∑ #˙ ∑ #˙ ∑ ∑ #œ œ b˙ ∑ bœ Œ #˙
mf
& b˙ b˙ b˙ b˙
‹ oo I, Wa m z I I z shall,

? nœ
∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ b˙ ∑ #œ œ b˙ bœ Œ ∑
mf
#˙ ˙ b˙ #œ b˙
¢ #˙
oo ee Wa m z I zz ne- ver, I z

∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ œ Œ ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑

114

& ˙ ∑ œ ˙ ∑ ∑ œ Œ #˙ ∑ œ ˙ ∑ œ ˙
°
#œ #œ #˙ #œ
mm ne- ver, mm rr ne- ver, see, ne ver,

& <#>˙ œ ∑ ˙ ∑ #˙ #œ Œ #˙ œ ∑ #˙ #˙ ∑ ∑ #˙
#œ #œ
ne- ver, mm, shall, mm, rr ne- ver, zz shall, ee

& #˙ ∑ ∑ #˙ b˙ #˙ #œ Œ #˙ ∑ ∑ #˙ #˙ ∑ ∑ #˙
‹ mm mm I shall, mm rr zz, shall, ee,

? œ œ œ œ
#œ #œ #˙ ∑ Œ ∑ ∑ ∑
¢ #˙ b˙ #œ #˙ #œ #œ #˙ #˙
mm ne- ver, ne- ver, mm I mm rr ne- ver, ne- ver, zz ee

∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑

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4
129

& #˙ ∑ nœ #œ ∑ ˙ ∑ œ Œ œ ˙
°
#˙ #˙ #˙ #˙ #˙ #˙ #˙ #œ
see, shall, see, shall, Wa see, m z, mm see, mm ne- ver,

& ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ n˙

∑ ∑
# œ œ #˙ #˙ ∑ #˙ #œ Œ ∑ #˙
oo Wa m z shall, shall, mm, zz

& ∑ ∑ ˙ #˙ ∑ ∑ #œ œ #˙ #˙ #œ Œ ∑ #˙
˙ #˙ #˙ #˙
‹ see, shall, oo Wa m z shall, mm see, shall, mm zz,

? ∑ œ
∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ Œ
¢ #˙ #˙ ˙ #œ œ #˙ #œ #œ #˙
oo Wa m z mm mm ne- ver, zz

∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ œ Œ ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑

#œ Œ
145

& ∑ ∑ #˙ ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ ˙ ∑ ∑ #˙ ∑ œ
°
#˙ #˙ #œ
zz z, rr mm see, ne ver,

& #˙ #˙ #˙ #˙ œ #œ Œ #˙ #˙ #˙ œ ∑ ∑ n˙ ∑ ∑
#œ #˙ #œ
see, see, shall, ne- ver, z rr see, see, ne- ver, oo

& #˙ #˙ #˙ #˙ ∑ #œ Œ
#˙ #˙ #˙
#˙ ∑ ∑ ∑ #˙ ∑ ∑
‹ see, see, zz shall, z rr see, see, mm, oo

? ∑ œ
∑ ∑ ∑ #œ Œ ∑ ∑ #œ n˙ ∑ ˙ ∑
¢ #˙ #˙ #˙ #˙
zz z rr mm ne- ver, a, oo a,

∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑

∑ bœ nœ nœ Œ
161

& ˙ ∑ ∑ b˙ n˙ ∑ ∑ b˙ ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ ˙
°
oo Wa m z, mm m mm

& ˙ ∑ ∑ b˙ ˙ ∑ ∑ œ œ ∑ b˙ ∑ ∑ œ #œ Œ #˙ #˙

oo, oo Wa m z mm ne- ver, m see,

& #˙ ∑ b˙ ˙ ˙ ˙ ∑ œ œ b˙ ˙ œ #œ Œ #˙ #˙
‹ oo, ˙ ˙ #œ
I, Wa, m z I, a, a, ne- ver, m see, mm

? ∑ b˙ ∑ ∑ b˙ ∑ #œ Œ ∑
¢ #˙ n˙ ˙ ˙ œ œ #˙
˙ ˙
oo, a, oo Wa, a, m z mm a, a, m mm

∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ œ Œ ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑

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5
177
°
& ∑ ∑ ˙ ∑ ∑ bœ Œ ∑ ˙ ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ ˙ ∑ ˙ ∑
˙
zz m mm zz mm rr

& ∑ ∑ b˙

œ ∑ bœ Œ #˙ #˙ ∑ ∑ ∑ #˙ #˙ ∑ ˙ ∑
˙
zz ne- ver, m see, zz, see, rr

& b˙ b˙ b˙ ∑ b˙ bœ Œ #˙ #˙ b˙ #˙ b˙ ˙
n˙ ˙ ˙ #˙ ˙
‹ I I I m see, mm a, a, I see, mm I rr a,

? nœ
¢ b˙ b˙ b˙ #œ b˙ bœ Œ ∑
#˙ ˙ b˙ ∑
#˙ b˙ ˙
˙ ˙ ˙
I I zz ne- ver, I m mm a, a, zz I mm I rr a,

∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑

˙ b˙
194

& ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ #˙ ∑ ∑ ˙ ∑
f
œ ˙
°
˙ #˙ #œ
zz ee see, ee ne ver, Wa

& ∑ ∑ ∑ n˙ ∑ ∑ b˙
f
#˙ bœ œ ˙ bœ œ bœ œ b˙ bœ œ #˙
˙
zz, see, po- em, ee, po- em, oo po- em, ee po- em, ee Wa

∑ ∑ ˙
f
∑ ∑ #˙ ∑ b˙ ∑ ∑ #˙ b˙
& ˙ #˙ b˙
‹ a, ˙
see, ee, oo I, ee, Wa

? ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ b˙ ∑ ∑ #˙ b˙
f
˙ ˙ ˙
¢
˙ #˙
a, zz a, oo ee ee Wa

∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑

210
°
& ∑ ∑ bœ nœ œ ˙ ∑ ∑ œ Œ ∑ ˙ ∑ œ ˙ ∑ ∑
#œ #œ
m z, ne- ver, z, mm ne- ver,

& ∑ ∑ ∑ ˙ bœ œ ∑ bœ Œ #˙ #˙ œ ∑ ˙ ∑ œ
bœ œ #œ #œ
m z zz po- em, z see, ne- ver, mm, ne- ver,

bœ œ ∑ bœ œ ∑ b˙ ∑ b˙ bœ Œ #˙ #˙ ∑ ∑ b˙ ∑
& #˙
‹ po- em, m z zz, I z see, mm mm I

? <b>˙ œ bœ œ b˙ œ œ nœ
∑ #œ #˙ bœ Œ ∑ #œ #œ #˙ b˙ #œ
¢ bœ œ #˙
m z ne- ver, zz po- em, I z mm ne- ver, ne- ver, mm I ne- ver,

∑ œ Œ ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑

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6

° #œ ˙
225

& Œ ∑ ˙ ∑ ∑ b˙ ∑ ∑ œ Œ ∑ ∑ ∑ n˙ ∑ ∑
z, mm mm mm zz zz

& #œ Œ #˙ #˙ bœ œ bœ œ ˙ #œ
œ #˙ #œ Œ ∑ ˙ bœ œ bœ œ ˙ #˙ ∑
z see, po- em, po- em, ne- ver, see, mm, zz, po- em, po- em, see,

& #œ Œ #˙ #˙ ∑ ∑ b˙ ∑ #˙
#œ Œ

˙ ∑ ∑ b˙ #˙ ˙
‹ z see, mm mm see, mm a, zz, zz see, a,

? bœ œ bœ œ b˙ œ bœ œ bœ œ b˙
¢ #œ Œ ∑
#˙ #œ ∑

Œ ˙ ˙ ∑ ˙
z mm po- em, po- em, mm ne- ver, mm a, po- em, po- em, zz a,

∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑

° ˙ b˙ ˙
241

& ∑ ∑ ∑ b˙ ∑ ∑ ∑ b˙ ∑ ∑ ∑ œ

zz rr mm oo, ee ne ver,

& ˙ œ b˙ bœ œ bœ œ ˙
∑ ∑
bœ œ ˙
∑ ∑ ˙ ∑ ∑

zz, ne- ver, rr po- em, po- em, po em, ee,


& ˙ ∑ ∑ ∑ ˙
˙
œ œ ∑ b˙ nœ œ ∑ ˙ œ œ ∑
‹ zz, rr mm a, love- ly, oo, love- ly, ee, love- ly,

? œ b˙ bœ œ bœ œ b˙
¢ ˙ #œ ∑ ∑ b˙ ∑ ˙ ˙ ∑ ∑
˙
ne- ver, rr po- em, po- em, mm a, oo, a,

∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑

256
°
& ˙ ∑ ∑ ˙ ˙ ∑ ∑ nœ #œ ∑ ˙ ∑ ∑ œ Œ œ ˙

ee Wa m z, zz z, ne- ver,

& ˙ ∑ ∑ b˙ #˙ ∑ ∑ #œ œ ∑ b˙ ∑ ∑ bœ Œ ∑ ˙
oo, ee Wa m z zz z mm,

& #˙ œ œ b˙ b˙ ˙ œ œ ∑ œ œ b˙ b˙ œ œ b˙ bœ Œ ∑ #˙
‹ oo, love- ly, I, Wa, love- ly, m z I, love- ly, I z mm

? nœ
¢ #˙ ∑ ∑ b˙ ˙ ˙ ∑ œ œ b˙ b˙ œ œ b˙ bœ Œ #œ #˙
oo, ee Wa, m z I zz love- ly, I z ne- ver, mm

∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ œ Œ ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑

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7

nœ Œ ˙ ˙
271

∑ ∑ n˙ ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ #˙ ∑ ∑ ∑
&
°
mm, m zz, zz, zz,

& ∑ ∑ #˙ ∑ œ #œ Œ ∑ ˙ ∑ ∑ #˙ œ ∑ ˙ ∑
#œ #œ
mm, ne- ver, m zz, zz, ne- ver, zz,

& œ œ œ œ ˙ b˙ ∑ #œ Œ ˙ œ œ œ œ ˙ ∑ ˙ b˙
‹ love- ly, love- ly, n˙ ˙
I m a, zz, love- ly, love- ly, a, zz, I

? œ œ œ œ ˙ nœ œ
¢ b˙ #œ #œ Œ n˙ ˙ œ œ œ œ ˙ #œ n˙ ˙ b˙
love- ly, love- ly, mm, I ne- ver, m a, love- ly, love- ly, zz, ne- ver, a, I

∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑

286
°
& ∑ b˙ ∑ ∑ n˙ ∑ ∑ b˙ ∑ ˙ ∑ ∑ #˙ ∑ ∑
mm mm, mm rr zz,

& bœ œ ˙ ∑ ∑ #˙ ∑ œ #˙ ∑ ∑ #˙ ∑
bœ œ ˙ #œ bœ œ
po- em, mm, po- em, ne- ver, rr zz, po- em,

& ∑ ˙ œ œ œ œ ˙ ∑ ˙ ∑ ˙ œ œ œ œ ˙ ∑ ∑
‹ ˙
mm love- ly, love- ly, a, mm rr love- ly, love- ly,

? bœ œ b˙ bœ œ b˙ œ bœ œ
œ œ œ œ ˙ #œ ˙ œ œ œ œ ˙ ˙
˙
¢
po- em, mm love- ly, love- ly, mm, a, po- em, mm ne- ver, rr love- ly, love- ly, zz, po- em, as,

∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑

˙ ∑ bœ nœ
301
°
& ∑ n˙ ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ b˙ n˙ ∑ ∑ b˙ ∑ ∑
oo, ee oo Wa m z, mm

& ∑ #˙ ∑ ∑ ˙ ∑ ∑ b˙ ˙ ∑ ∑ œ œ ∑ b˙ ∑ ∑
oo, ee, oo Wa m z mm

& œ œ ˙ ∑ ∑ ˙ ∑ b˙ ˙ ˙ ˙ ∑ œ œ b˙ ˙ b˙
‹ love ly, ˙
ee, I, Wa, m z I, as, I

? ∑ ˙ ˙ ˙ ˙ ˙ ∑ b˙ ˙ ˙ ∑ œ œ ∑ b˙ b˙
˙
¢
oo, as, a, as, oo Wa, as, m z mm as, I

∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ œ Œ ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑

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8

˙ ˙ œ Œ ∑ b˙
317
° bœ n˙
& Œ ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑
m zz, zz, z, mm, mm,

& bœ Œ ∑ ˙ ∑ ∑ ˙ ∑ ∑ œ Œ ∑ #˙ ∑ ∑ ˙ ∑ ∑
m zz, zz, z mm, mm,

& bœ Œ ˙ ˙ ˙ b˙ œ Œ œ œ ˙ ˙ œ œ
‹ m ˙ ˙ ˙ ˙ ˙ ˙
a, zz, as, as, zz, I a, z love- ly, as, as, mm, a, love- ly,

?
¢ bœ Œ ˙ ˙ ˙ ˙ b˙ œ Œ œ œ ˙ ˙ ˙ œ œ
˙ ˙ ˙ ˙
m a, as, as, I a, z love- ly, mm, as, as, a, love- ly,

∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑

˙ ∑ b˙ ∑ bœ Œ ˙
333
° n˙ ˙
& ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑
mm, rr zz, oo, m rr

& #˙ ∑ ˙ ∑ ∑ ˙ ∑ ∑ ∑ ˙ ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ œ Œ ˙
mm, rr zz, oo, m rr

& ˙ b˙ ˙ ˙ œ œ ∑ ˙ ∑ ∑ ∑ œ Œ ˙
‹ ˙ ˙ ˙ ˙
I rr as, as, zz, love- ly, as, oo, as, m rr

? ˙ ˙ ˙ ˙ ˙ ˙ ˙ ˙ ∑ œ Œ ˙
˙ b˙ œ œ
˙ ˙
¢
mm, I rr as, as, love- ly, a, as, a, a, as, m rr

∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ œ œ ∑ ∑ ∑

˙ ˙ ˙
349

& ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ #˙ ∑

˙ ˙ ˙ ˙ n˙ ˙
°
zz, tree ee tree ee tree ee, tree ee tree

& ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ #˙ ∑ bœ ∑

˙ ˙ ˙ œ ˙
zz, ee, ee, ee, po em,

˙ ∑ ∑ ˙ ∑ ∑ ˙ ∑ œ œ ˙ ∑ ∑ b˙ ∑

& ˙ ˙ ˙
‹ a, a, zz, as, ee, ee, love ly, ee

? ∑ b˙

˙ ˙ ∑ ˙ ˙ ∑ ˙ ˙ ∑ ∑ ˙ ∑ ∑
˙ ˙
¢
a, a, as, a, as, ee, ee

∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑

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9
366

& ∑ #˙ ˙ ∑ #˙ ˙ ˙ ˙ ∑ ˙ ˙ ˙ ˙ ∑ ˙ ˙ ˙
°
ee tree ee tree that tree ee tree think tree ee Wa tree,

& #˙ #˙ ∑ #˙ #˙ ∑ ∑ ˙ ˙ ˙ ∑ ∑ ˙ ˙ ˙ ∑
˙
see, shall, tree that tree think Wa

˙ ˙
& #˙ #˙ ∑ #˙ #˙ ∑ ∑ ∑ ˙ ∑ ∑ ∑ ˙ ˙ ∑
‹ see, ee shall, ee that, ee think, ee Wa

? ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑
¢ #˙ #˙ ˙ ˙ ˙ ˙
ee ee ee ee Wa

∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑

383

& ∑ bœ nœ ∑ ˙ ˙ ˙ œ Œ ∑ #˙ ∑ ∑ b˙ ˙ ˙ œ Œ ∑
°
m z, zz tree, that, z, zz mm that, think, z,

& ∑ ∑ ∑ Œ #˙ ∑ ∑ Œ #˙
œ œ ˙ ˙ œ #˙ ˙ ˙ ˙ œ
m z think z shall, think think, z shall,

& ∑ œ œ ˙ ˙ ˙ ˙ œ Œ #˙ #˙ ˙ ˙ ˙ ˙ ˙ œ Œ #˙
‹ m z think, zz tree, that, z shall, zz think think, mm that, think, z shall,

? ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑
¢ œ œ ˙ œ Œ ∑

∑ ∑ ˙ ∑ ∑ œ Œ ∑
m z zz z zz mm z

œ Œ ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑

399

& #˙ ˙ ∑ b˙ ˙ #œ Œ ∑ n˙ ∑ ˙ ∑ #˙ ∑
°
#˙ #˙ #˙
zz tree, mm think, see, z, zz shall, mm see, zz

& <#>˙ ∑ ˙ ˙ ∑ ∑ Œ bœ ∑ #˙ #˙ ∑ #˙ #˙ ˙
#œ œ ˙
tree, z po- em, shall, shall, think

& #˙ ˙ #˙ #˙
˙ ˙ ˙ #˙ #œ Œ ∑ b˙ #˙ #˙ #˙ #˙ ˙
‹ zz tree, tree, mm think, see, z zz shall, shall, mm see, shall, zz think

? ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ Œ bœ œ b˙ ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑
¢ #˙ ˙ #œ #˙ #˙
zz mm z po- em, zz mm zz

∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑

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10

˙
415

∑ ∑ b˙ ∑ #˙ ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑
& n˙ ˙ b˙
°

zz tree, mm shall, zz, zz, mm

& bœ œ ˙ ∑ ˙ ˙ ∑ ∑ #˙ œ ∑ ˙ bœ œ bœ œ ˙ ∑

po- em, tree, zz, ne- ver, zz, po- em, po- em,

∑ b˙ ˙ œ œ ˙ ∑ ˙ ∑ ∑ ˙ œ œ
& ˙ ˙ #˙ ˙
‹ zz tree, tree, mm shall, love- ly, as, zz, mm love- ly,

? bœ œ b˙ œ bœ œ bœ œ b˙
¢ ∑ ∑ ˙ ∑ œ œ ˙ #œ n˙ ˙ œ œ
po- em, zz mm love- ly, zz, ne- ver, as, po- em, po- em, mm love- ly,

∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑

˙ œ Œ
430

& ∑ n˙ ∑ ∑ ∑ b˙ ∑ ∑
°

zz shall, zz, mm z,

& bœ œ ∑ ∑ ˙ ˙ ˙ ˙ ∑ œ Œ
˙ bœ œ
po - em, zz, tree, tree, po - em, z

& ∑ b˙ ˙ ˙ ˙ ˙ ∑ œ Œ
#˙ ˙ ˙
‹ zz shall, as, zz, tree, tree, mm a, z

? bœ œ b˙ ∑ ˙ ˙ ∑ ∑ bœ œ œ Œ
˙
˙
¢
po - em, zz as, mm po - em, a, z

∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑

b˙ ˙
441
° ˙
& ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ ˙ ˙ ∑ b˙ ∑
rr mm, zz, rr tree, mm

& ˙ ∑ ∑ ˙ ∑ ∑ ˙ ∑ ˙ ˙ ∑
˙
rr mm, zz, rr tree,

& ˙ ˙ ˙ ˙ ˙ ˙ ˙
‹ rr ˙ ˙ ˙ ˙ ˙
as, as, mm, a, as, zz, rr tree, tree, mm as,

? ˙ ˙ ˙ ˙ ˙ ∑ ∑
¢
˙ ˙ ˙ ˙ ˙
rr as, as, a, as, rr mm as,

∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑

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Fleeting Moment

& 68
A q. = 50
Soprano ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑
j
Alto & 68 œ . œ œj œ œ œ œ œ œ b œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ . ∑

6 j
œ œ bœ.
Live then the days of thy life, that are less than a fleet - ing mo - ment,

Tenor V8 ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑

?6
with thy mind

Bass 8 ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑

∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑
6

S &

A & ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑
j
T V œ. œ. œ œ œ Jœ œ . œ . ∑ ∑ ∑

bœ œ œ œ œ œ
? œ. œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ
stain - less, and thy heart un - sul - lied.

B ∑ ∑ ∑ J
Live then the days of thy life, that are less than a fleet - ing

j œ. œ. j œ œ œ œ. j
œ bœ.
B q. = 50
∑ œ œ
12

& œ œ J J œ. œ
œ
S

with thy thoughts pure and thy na - ture sanc ti - fied. Live then the

& ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ j
œ. œ
A
œ
j
Live then the

T V ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ œ. œ œ

? œ œ œ. j
Live then the

B J ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ œ. œ œ
mo - ment, Live then the

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2 Fleeting Moment

œ œ œ œ œ œj j œ. œ.
bœ œ œ bœ.
18

& œ œ œ œ œ œ.
œ œ
S

days of thy life, that are less than a fleet - ing mo - ment, with thy mind stain - less,

& œ œ œ j œj j
œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ. œ œ œ. œ. œ.
A

days of thy life, that are less than a fleet - ing mo - ment, with thy mind stain - less,

œ œ œ œ bœ œ œ j
T V œ œ œ œ œ œ
J œ œ. œ œ œ. œ. œ.

? œ œ œ œ j œ œ œ. œ. œ.
œ œ œ œ œ œ
days of thy life, that are less than a fleet - ing mo - ment, with thy mind stain - less,

B œ œ J Œ. œ œ J
days of thy life, that are less than a fleet - ing mo - ment, with thy mind stain - less,

j œ. œ. œ œ œ œ œ œj
& œ œ œ œJ j
C

23

S
œ. œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ.
and thy heart un - sul - lied. Live then the days of thy life, that are less than a fleet - ing mo - ment,

& œ œj œ œj œ . œ . j œ œ œ œ œ j œj
œ. œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ.
A

œ œ œ. œ. œ. j œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ bœ œ œ
and thy heart un - sul - lied. Live then the days of thy life, that are less than a fleet - ing mo - ment,

T V œ Jœ J œ œ J œ œ.
?œ œ œ œ j
œœ œ œ œ œ œ.
and thy heart un - sul - lied. Live then the days of thy life, that are less than a fleet - ing mo - ment,

œ œ. œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ.
B J J œ. . J
and thy heart un - sul - lied. Live then the days of thy life, that are less than a fleet - ing mo - ment,

j bœ. œ. œ. j œ œ œ œ œ. œœ .. œ œj œ œ œ œ œ œ
29 D

& œ œ œ œ J J œ œ œ œ œ œ
J
S

f
j j
with thy thoughts pure and thy na - ture sanc ti - fied. Live then the days of thy life, that are

& j j j œ œ
A
œ œ œ. ú. œ œ œ œ œ œ œ. œ. œ œ œ œ œ œ
j
with thy thoughts pure and thy na - ture sanc ti - fied. Live then the days of thy life, that are

j œ. œ. œ Jœ œ œJ œ œ œ . œ. œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ
T V œ œ œ. J
? œ œ œ. ú. œ œ œ œ j
with thy thoughts pure and thy na - ture sanc ti - fied. Live then the days of thy life, that are

j
B J J J œ œ œ. œ. œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ
with thy thoughts pure and thy na - ture sanc ti - fied. Live then the days of thy life, that are

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Fleeting Moment 3
j j j
œ œ œ œ j œœ œœ œœ œœ œ œœ œ œj œ .
& b œœ œœ œ œ œ œ œ œœ œœ .. œ œ bœ. nœ œ œ.
35

J J œ
J
S

j j j
& bœ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ.
less than a fleet - ing mo - ment, so that free and con - tent, thou wilt put a - way this mor - tal frame,

j œ œ œ. œ œ œœœ œ œ j
œ œ œ. œ œ.
A

œ œ œ bœ œ œ œ j œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œj œ .
œ Jœ œ .
less than a fleet - ing mo - ment, so, that free and con - tent, thou wilt put a - way this mor - tal frame,

T V œ J œ œ. œ œ œ. J
? œ œ œ œ œ œ. œ œ œ. œ œ œ. œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ.
less than a fleet - ing mo - ment, so, that free and con - tent, thou wilt put a - way this mor - tal frame.

B J œ. J J J J
less than a fleet - ing mo - ment, so, that free and con - tent, thou wilt put a - way this mor - tal frame.

j P
œ
E

S & œ Jœ œ œ œ œ œ œ. ∑ ∑ œ . œ œj ú .
and fly to the my - stic pa - ra - dise - - - -
P
for e - ver more.

& œ œj œ œ œ œ œj œ . ∑ ∑
œ. œ œ ú.
j
œ
A

œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ . P.
and fly to the my - stic pa - ra - dise - - - - for e - ver more,

V ∑ ∑ J œ J œ œ œ ú.
T
J
j P
? j œ . œ . Jœ œ ú .
and a - bide in the e - ter - nal realm, for e - ver more,

∑ ∑ œ œ œ œ œ œ
B
œ œ
and a - bide in the e - ter - nal realm, for e - ver more,

p
‰ œj œ œ œ œ œ œ œ . œ .
F
j‰ ∑ Ó j
47

& œ. œ œj ú œ. œ œ
œ
S

p
for e - ver more. Thy life is a fleet - ing mo - ment, Live then the

& j j‰ ∑ Ó ‰ j j
A
œ. œ œ ú œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ . œœ .. œ . œ
œ œ. œ
pfor P
j j Jœ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ . œ ‰ j
e - ver more. Thy life is a flee - ting mo - ment. Live then the

T V œ. œ œ ú œ ∑ ∑ œ . œ œ
p Pj j j
for e - ver more. Thy life is a fleet - ing mo - ment. Live then the

? j ú œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ. œ ‰ ∑ ∑ œ. œ œ
B
œ. œ œ
for e - ver more. Thy life is a fleet - ing mo - ment. Live then the

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4 Fleeting Moment

œ œ œ œ œ œj j œ. œ.
bœ œ œ bœ.
54

S & œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ.
days of thy life, that are less than a fleet - ing mo - ment, with thy mind stain - less,

& œ œ œ j œj j
œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ. œ œ œ. œ. œ.
A

days of thy life, that are less than a fleet - ing mo - ment, with thy mind stain - less,

œ œ œ œ bœ œ œ œ œ. j
T V œ œ œ œ œ œ
J œ œ œ. œ. œ.

? œ œ œ œ j œ œ œ. œ. œ.
œ œ œ œ œ œ
days of thy life, that are less than a fleet - ing mo - ment, with thy mind stain - less,

B œ œ J Œ. œ œ J
days of thy life, that are less than a fleet - ing mo - ment, with thy mind stain - less,

j j
j . œœ .. œ œj œ œ œ œ œ œ b œœ œ œ
œœ œœ œ œ œœ œœ œœ .
& œ œ œ Jœ œ œ .
59 G

œ œ œ œ œ œ œ J .
J
S

f
j j œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œj œ œ .
and thy heart un - sul - lied. Live then the days of thy life, that are less than a fleet - ing mo - ment,

j
& œ œ œ œ œ. œ. œ. œ œ bœ
œ œ œ
A

œ œ œ. œ. j œ œ œ bœ œ œ œ
and thy heart un - sul - lied. Live then the days of thy life, that are less than a fleet - ing mo - ment,

T V œ œJ J œ. œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ J œ œ.

?œ œ œ œ j œ œ œ œ œ œ
and thy heart un - sul - lied. Live then the days of thy life, that are less than a fleet - ing mo - ment,

œ œ. œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ.
B J J œ. . J .
and thy heart un - sul - lied. Live then the days of thy life, that are less than a fleet - ing mo - ment,

j U.
j œ œ œ
rit.

œ. œ œ
œœ œ œ œœ œœ œ œ b œœ œœ œœ œœœ œœ œ
& œ. œœ œœ œœ .
65

œ œ œ œ œ .
J J
S

f j U
Live then the days of thy life, that are less than a fleet - ting mo - ment.

j bœ œ œ œ œ œ
A & œ.
œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ.

œ œ œ bœ œ œ U
j
Live then the days of thy life, that are less than a fleet - ing mo - ment.

T V œ. œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ.
J
U
j œ œ œ œ
Live then the days of thy life, that are less than a fleet - ing mo - ment.

? œ. œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ.
B J J
Live then the days of thy life, that are less than a fleet - ing mo - ment.

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Endings
a setting of poems by Sara Teasdale

for mezzo soprano soloist and SATB choir

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Programme Notes
These two poems by Sara Teasdale have a hopeless finality about them. In An End I encapsulate the
mood by not only using minor tonality, but a repetitive dirge and low energy melodic lines that are
set low in the vocal compass. In Epitaph, there is a little more light and space created by sparse
scoring to express the space around a falling leaf. Then the middle section simulates the
simultaneous chanting of liturgical text but falling out of time a little in the final line. The final lines
return to the style of the opening, with key phrases of the mezzo soprano melody repeated in the
choral accompaniment, and then producing closure via open fifths.

Performance Notes
This work needs at least one bass with a good D below the bass staff (for choirs of fewer than 30
singers). Basses who don’t have low Ds at all can hum an octave up from halfway bar 9 of An End. In
Epitaph, those without the low D can remain on the higher D in bars 17 and 18. Failing the above,
the entire work can be comfortably performed up a minor third, using a soprano instead of a mezzo
soprano soloist. (Music in the alternative key is available.)

Where singers have “wo oo”, the “wo” is a cross between “woe” and “war” (without a pronounced
“r”). The “oo” is like the French “ou” or German “u”.

An End
I have no heart for any other joy,
The drenched September day turns to depart,
And I have said goodbye to what I love;
With my own will I vanquished my own heart.
On the long wind I hear the winter coming,
The window panes are cold and blind with rain;
With my own will I turned the summer from me
And summer will not come to me again

Epitaph
Serene descent, as a red leaf's descending

When there is neither wind nor noise of rain,

But only autumn air and the unending

Drawing of all things to the earth again.

So be it, let the snow fall deep and cover

All that was drunken once with light and air.

The earth will not regret her tireless lover,

Nor he awake to know she does not care.

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3
1. An End
Sara Teasdale Gregoriana

Andante q = 72
° #3 ‰ Œ ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑
S. & 4

#3
A. & 4‰Œ ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑
humming
#3 mf
T. & 4‰Œ ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ ˙™ ˙™

humming
? #3 j œ ‰ j ‰ j ‰ j ‰ j ‰ j ‰ j ‰ j
mf
B.
¢ 4œ œ œœ œ œœ œ œœ œ œœœ œœ œœœ œœ œœ œ œœ

humming
° #
8

∑ Œ Y Œ Y Œ Y Œ Y Œ Œ ¿
mf
& Y œ ˙™
tsss, tsss, tsss, tsss, tsss, tsss,

# mf humming
& ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ ˙™
˙™

#
& ˙™ Œ ‰ œj œ œ ‰ œj œ œ ‰ œj œ œ ‰ œj œ ˙™ ˙™ ˙™

?# ‰ jœ ‰ jœ ‰ jœ ‰ jœ ‰ jœ ‰ jœ ‰ jœ ‰ jœ
¢ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œœ œ œ œœ œ œ œ

° #
16

‰ œ œ œ œ œœ Œ
p
& ˙ J œ œ œ ˙ ˙™ ˙ ˙™
I have no heart for an - y o-ther joy, nn

#
‰ œj œ œ œ Œ
p
& ˙ œœœ œ œ ˙ ˙™
˙™ ˙
I have no heart for an - y o-ther joy, nn
# œ œ œ
& ˙™ ∑ ∑ Œ Y Œ ¿ ‰ œ œ™
J J
‹ tsss, tsss, The drenched Sep-tem-ber

?# ‰ jœ ‰ j ‰ jœ ‰ jœ ‰ jœ ‰ j œ
¢ œ œ œ œœ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ
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4

° # j
22


mf
& ˙™ œ ˙ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ ˙ ˙™
œ
wo oo wo oo, And I have said good-bye to what I love;
# ‰ j
mf
Œ
mp
& ˙™ œ ˙ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ˙ œ œ œ
# ‰ œj œ œ œ œ ˙
wo oo wo oo, And I have said good-bye to what I love; what I love;

& œ œ œ œ ˙™ ˙™ Ó Œ Œ
mp

‹ day turns to de part, Good-bye to what I love;

?# œ
‰ jœ ‰ j ‰ j ‰ ‰ j œ ‰ œ œ
mp
j
¢ œ œ œ œœ œ œœ œ œ œ œ œ œ J
Good-bye to

° #Œ j
28

Œ
p f
& ˙™ ˙™ œ ˙ œ œ œ œ œ™ œ
Y
tsss, nn wo oo wo, On the long wind I

# ‰ j Œ ‰ j œ
p mf
& œ œ œ œ ˙™ ˙™ œ œ ˙
˙ œ
nn - nn wo oo wo, m wo mm

#
‰ œ œ œ œ™ œ œ Œ ‰ œj œ ˙
mf
Œ œ
mf
& œ J J œ œ ˙™ œ
‹ With my own will I van-quished my own heart. m wo mm

?# œ œ œ
mf (humming) humming
œ ‰ jœ ‰ jœ ‰ jœ œ œ ‰ jœ
¢ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ
what I love, I vanquished my own heart,

° # j
34

& œ™ j ‰ j œ™ j j
œ œ œ œ ˙ ˙ œ œ œ œ œ™ œœ œ œ œ œ™
hear the win-ter com ing, The win-dow panes are cold and blind with rain;
#
& œ ˙ œ ˙ œ ˙ œ ˙ œ ˙ œ ˙
wo mm wo mm, wo mm, wo mm wo mm, wo mm,
# j
& œ œ™ œ œ ˙ œ ˙ œ ˙ œ ˙ œ ˙
‹ wo mm, m wo mm, wo mm, wo mm wo mm, wo mm,

?# ‰ j œ ‰ jœ ‰ jœ ‰ jœ ‰ jœ ‰ jœ
¢ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ

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5

° #Ó j
40
j
mp
& œ œ œ œ™ œ œ™ œ œ œ œ ˙ œ ˙ œ ˙
With my own will I turned the sum-mer from me, wo mm, wo mm,

#
‰ œj
mf
& œ œ ˙ œ ˙ œ ˙ ˙ œ œ œ œ œ
˙
wo mm, wo mm wo mm, wo mm wo, And sum-mer will not come

# œ ˙ œ ˙ œ œ œ œ œ
& œ ˙ œ ˙ œ ˙
mf

‹ wo mm, wo mm wo mm, wo mm wo mm, sum-mer will not come

?# ‰ jœ ‰ jœ ‰ j œ ‰ jœ ‰ jœ ‰ j œ
¢ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ

° #
46

& œ ˙ œ ˙ œ ˙ ∑ ∑ Œ Y Œ Y Œ Y
wo mm, wo mm wo mm, tsss, tsss, tsss,

# Œ ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑
& ˙ œœ œ œ
a - gain. humming

#
mf

& œ œ œ œœ œ œ Œ ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ ˙™
‹ to me a - gain.

?# ‰ jœ ‰ jœ ‰ j ‰ j ‰ j ‰ j ‰ j ‰ j
¢ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œœ œœ œ œœ

humming
° #Œ
54

¿ ‰ œ œ œ œ œ œ
mf mp p
& œ ˙™ ˙ J œ œ œ ˙ œ œœœ œ
tsss, I have no heart for an - y o-ther joy, an - y o-ther

# mf humming
‰ œj œ œ œ
mp p
& ˙™ ˙™ ˙ œ œœ œ œ ˙ œ œ œ
I have no heart for an - y o-ther joy, o - ther
# ˙™ ˙™ ∑ Ó
p
œœ œ œ ˙
& ˙™
‹ an - y o-ther joy,

?# ‰ jœ ‰ j ‰ j ‰ j ‰ jœ ‰ jœ
¢ œœ œ œ œœ œ œœ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ

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6

° # ‰ œj œ œ œ œ œ
60

Œ
p mp
& ˙™ ˙™ œ ˙ œ œ
˙
joy, nn wo oo wo oo, And I have said good- bye
# ‰ j
Œ
p mp
& ˙™ ˙™ œ ˙ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ
˙
#
joy, nn wo oo wo oo, And I have said good- bye

& Ó ‰ œ œ™ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ ˙™ ˙™ Ó Œ
mp

J J
‹ The drenched Sep-tem-ber day turns to de - part,

?# ‰ jœ ‰ j œ ‰ jœ ‰ jœ ‰ jœ ‰ j
¢ œ œ œœ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ

° #
66

& œ œ œ œ œ Œ ˙™ ˙™
˙™
Y
to what I love; tsss, nn,
# Œ Œ Œ Œ
& œ ˙™ œ œ
œ œ œ œ ˙™
nn,
#
to what I love; van - quished

& Ó ‰ œj œ œ œ œ œ ‰ œ œ œ œ™ œ œ œ Œ
p mp

œ œ J J

Good - bye to what I love; With my own will I van - quished

?#
humming
‰ jœ ‰ j œ ‰ jœ ‰ jœ ‰
mp

¢ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œj œ
to what I love,

° #
71

& œ ˙ œ ˙ œ ˙ œ ˙ œ ˙ ˙™
my own, my own heart, my own heart.

#
& œ ˙ œ œ ˙ œ ˙ œ ˙
˙ ˙™
my own, my own heart, my own heart.
#
& œ ˙ ˙™ ˙™ ˙™ ˙™ ˙™
‹ my own heart.

?# ‰ j œ ‰ j œ ‰ j œ ‰ j œ ‰ j œ
p

¢ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ ˙™
I van - quished my own heart.

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7
2. Epitaph
Sara Teasdale Gregoriana

q = 100
#6 œ ˙
& #4 Ó œ ˙™ Œ œ œ ˙ Ó
mf
˙™ œ ˙ w œ œ
˙
M-S.

Se-rene des - cent as a red leaf's des - cend - ing, When there is

° ## 6 Œ œ ˙
∑ ∑ ∑ Ó Ó œ ˙™
mp
S. & 4
Se - rene des-cent

#6
& #4 ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ Ó
mf
A.
˙ œ œ
When there is

#6 œ ˙
& #4 ∑ Ó œ ˙™ Œ œ œ ˙
mf
T. ˙™ œ ˙ w
‹ Se-rene des - cent as a red leaf's des - cend - ing,

?# 6 w™
(humming)
w™ w™ w™ w™
B.
¢ #4

#
6

&#˙ œ ˙ œ ˙ œ ˙™ ˙ Œ
œ œ œ ˙ œ ˙™ Ó Œ œ œ œ
nei - ther wind nor noise of rain, but on - ly au - tumn air and the un -

° ## ∑ Ó Ó Œ œ ˙ œ ˙™ ∑ ∑
&
Se - rene des-cent

#
(humming)

&#˙ œ ˙ œ ˙ œ ˙™ ˙ Ó Ó w™ w™
nei - ther wind nor noise of rain,

# œ ˙
&# ∑ ∑ ∑ Ó Œ Ó œ ˙™
mp

‹ Se - rene des-cent

? ## w ™ w™ w™ w™ w™
¢
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8

#
11

& # ˙™ ˙™ œ ˙ ˙ œ œ ˙ œ œ ˙™ ˙™ ˙™
end - ing, Draw ing of all things to the earth a - gain.

° ## œ ˙ œ ˙
& Ó œ ˙™ Œ Ó Ó Œ Ó œ ˙™
Se - rene des - cent Se - rene des-cent

#
& # w™ w™ w™ w™

# œ ˙
&#Œ œ œ ˙ œ ˙ œ ˙ œ ˙™
Œ Ó Ó œ
‹ as a red leaf's des-cend - ing, Se - rene des -

? ## w™
¢ w™ w™ ˙™ ˙™

#
15

&#Ó Œ Ó œ ˙ œ œ Ó ∑ ∑ ∑
So be it,

° ##
& Ó ˙ œ œ Ó Ó œ œ ˙ ˙ ˙ œ œ œ œ ˙ ˙ œ œ œ œ
So be it, let the snow fall deep and co - ver All that was drunk- en

#
&#Ó ˙ œ œ Ó Ó œ œ ˙ ˙ ˙ œ œ œ œ ˙ ˙ œ œ œ œ
So be it, let the snow fall deep and co - ver All that was drunk-en

#
&#˙ ˙ œ œ Ó Ó œ œ ˙ ˙ ˙ œ œ œ œ ˙ ˙ œ œ œ œ
‹ cent So be it, let the snow fall deep and co - ver All that was drunk-en

? ## Ó ˙ œ œ Ó Ó œ œ ˙ ˙ œ œ ˙ ˙ œ œ œ œ
¢ ˙ œ œ
So be it, let the snow fall and co - ver All that was drunk-en
deep

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9

#
20

&# ∑ Ó Ó Œ œ ˙™ œ œ œ ˙™ œ œ œ
The earth will not re - gret her tire - less

° ##
& œ œ ˙ œ œ w™ Ó œ ˙™ Ó œ ˙™
once with light and air. The earth The earth

#
&#˙ œ ˙ œ w™ Ó Œ œ œ œ œ œ œ ˙™
once with light and air. will not re - will not re - gret,

# œ ˙ œ œ œ ˙ œ œ ˙
&# w™ Ó Ó Œ œ
‹ once with light and air. light and air The

? ## ˙ œ ˙ w™
¢ œ w™ w™
once with light and air. The(e)

# U
24

&#œ ˙ Œ Œ
œ œ
œ ˙ œ œ w ˙ ˙™ ˙™ w™
lov - er, Nor he a - wake to know she does not care.

° ## U
& Ó œ ˙™
Ó
œ ˙™
Ó
œ ˙™ ˙™ ˙™ w™
The earth The earth The earth does not care.

# U
&# ∑ œ œ œ ˙™ œ œ œ œ ˙ ˙™ ˙™ w™
will not re - gret, will not re - gret, she does not care.

# œ œ œ U
& # ˙™ ˙™ Œ Ó w ˙ ˙™ ˙™ w™
‹ earth will not re - gret know she does not care.

? ## U
¢ w™ w™ w™ w™ w™
earth does not care.

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Move along (Time)
Orla Sunrain

   =120
Soprano  
                           
Time time moves on and a long Time ne ver waits Time time moves on and a

        
Bass
           
Time time moves on and a

7 
S. 
                         
long Time ne ver waits Time time moves on and a long Time ne ver waits


                    
T.
  
Time moves on and a long and time ne ver will wait

              
   


    
              

B.

long and a long Time time moves on and a long and a long

 
13

                
S.
 
Time time moves on and a long Time ne ver waits

   
A.                   

Time moves on moves on Time it nev er ev er will wait


 
                 
T.
  
Time moves on and a long and time ne ver will wait

       
   

      
         
B.

Time time moves on and a long and a long

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  
                    
S.
  
Watch time fly pass ing us by Don't be left be hind

    
            
A.
      
Watch time fly pass by Don't be left be hind


  
                    
T.
    
Watch time fly it will pass us by but Don't you be left be hind so

       
  
       
   
     
B.

Watch Time fly Don't be left be hind

21     
S.                         
   
Move a long got ta move on Keep on mov ing on so

  
       
        
      
 
A.
    
Move a long got ta move on keep on mov ing on so

   
                       
T.
 
     
Move a long got ta move on we got ta keep on mov ing on so

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25

S.           

Sea win ter freeze bur row deep in to eh change

    
        
A.
 
sons Au tumn leaves fall from trees ver ing



         
T. 
flow Flor al spring Col ours eh change

          
   
B.

Sum mer breeze warm ev'n ing ver ing

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29

           
S.

Sea Sum mer glow we are eh change

   
A.           

sons Spring will grow we are e ver ing

     
T.         
go Au tumn flow we are eh change

               
B.

Win ter snow brave the cold we are ev ver change ing

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33

                
 
 
S.

So we must keep on mov ing on or lose mo men tum

     
              
A.
   
so it goes we keep on mov ing on or lose our mo men tum

        
                
   
T.

So it goes we must keep on mo ving on mo ments mo ments

       

    

      

 
B.
       
So it goes that we must keep on mov ing on or lose our hearts mo men tum

  
       
37

             
S.
  
Time moves on and on Time it nev er ev er will wait

   
             
A.
       
Time moves on and on Time it nev er ev er will wait

         
T.             
Time time moves on and a long Time ne ver waits

                     
           
B.

Time time moves on and a long and a long

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S.                   
  
Time moves on and a long and time ne ver will wait

  
             
A.
       
Time moves on moves on Time it nev er ev er will wait

         
T.          
Time time moves on and a long Time ne ver waits

                  
         
B.

Time time moves on and long and a long

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45

            
S.
     
Time time moves on and a long Time ne ver waits

  
             
A.
       
Time moves on moves on Time it nev er ev er will wait

  
      
    
 
 
T.

Time time moves on and a long and a long

                  
    
      
B.

Time time moves on and a long and a long

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49

       
S.
     
Time time moves on and a long

        
A.            
Time time moves on and a long Time ne ver waits

       
T.        
Time time moves on and a long

               
B.
       
Time time moves on and a long

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