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Woolly

We'retheghostsofwoollymammothsandwe'vecometosay: OnceweroamedacrossSiberia Andwatchedourchildrenplay, ButsincethelatterPleistocene Wehavegoneaway. 'Causewe’reWoolly.

Alltoastyinourwarmthickfur, Ourtusksapearlywhite. Theyhelpedusfightoffpredators Anddemonstrateourmight BefriendedbyNeanderthals Whothoughtusquiteasight. ‘Causewe’reWoolly. Oh,soWoolly.

Hrumph,hrumph Becarefulwhereyougo. WatchOut! Ourmassivetrunksswingtoandfro. Hrumph,hrumph Youbetterstepaside Oryou’llbecrushedunderourhide They’llfindyouflatandmummified.

Welivedtosixtyyearsofage Andgrazedongrass. Whilenotedforourshaggycoats, Ourteethwerequitefirstclass. Youdrewusonthewallsofcaves, Butsoonitcametopass; Youdroveustoextinction Nowit’syouwewillharass. We’llhauntandtormentyou Andwe’llmakeyouourrepast. ‘Causewe’reWoolly. We'reWoolly.

TheWoollyMammothwasaprehistoricmemberoftheelephantfamily.Well adaptedtolivinginacoldclimate,itwascoveredinfurwithanoutercovering oflongguardhairs.Theappearanceofthewoollymammouthisprobablythebest knownofanyprehistoricspecieshavingbeendepictedincavepaintingsand discoveredfrozeninSiberiaandAlaska.Modernhumanscoexistedwithwoolly mammouthsduringtheUpperPaleolithicperiodsome30-40,000yearsago. Afterhavingsufferedasubstantiallossoftheirhabitatduetoclimatechange, humanshuntedthelastremainingpopulationstoextinctionapproximately 10,000yearsago.

            Soprano Alto Piano                      Tempomammuthus Tempomammuthus                                                  We'rethe     We'rethe                           S A Pno.         ghostsofwoollymammothsandwe've         ghostsofwoollymammothsandwe've                A A          cometosay:we          cometosay:we                           roamedacrossSiberiaAnd         roamedacrossSiberiaAnd                   1

Woolly

        S A Pno. 8          watchedourchildrenplay,But          watchedourchildrenplay,But                            sincethelatterPleistocene         sincethelatterPleistocene                          Wehavegoneaway.Callus         Wehavegoneaway.Callus                           S A Pno. 11   Woolly.   Woolly.                    All    All                             toastyinourwarmthickfur,Our         toastyinourwarmthickfur,Our                     B B         S A Pno. 14          tusksapearlywhite.They          tusksapearllywhite.They                             helpusfightoffpredatorsAnd         helpusfightoffpredatorsAnd                          demonstrateourmight.Be          demonstarteourmight.Be                   2

        S A Pno. 17         friendedbyNeanderthalsWho         friendedbyNeanderthalsWho                          thoughtusquiteasight.‘Causewe’re         thoughtusquiteasight.‘Causewe’re                          Woolly   Woolly                             S A Pno. 20     Oh,so     Oh,so                        Wool  Wool                       ly    ly                                 S A Pno.            HrumphhrumphBe                   C C       carefulwhereyougo.                               WatchOut!Our                   3

        S A Pno. 26        massivetrunksswingtoandfro,                         Hrumph,hrumphYou          HrumphhrumphYou                          betterstepasideOr       betterstepaside                                         S A Pno. 29         you’llbecrushedunderourhideThey’ll    They’ll                  findyouflatandmummified.        findyouflatandmummified.            mummi    mummified.       fied.We   We   rit. rit.             S A Pno.         livedtosixtyyearsofageAnd         livedtosixtyyearsofageAnd                   D D ATempo ATempo          grazedongrass.While          grazedongrass.While                           notedforourshaggycoats,Our         notedforourshaggycoats,Our                   4

        S A Pno. 36          teethwerequitefirstclass.You        teethwerequitefirstclass.                            drewusonthewallsofcaves,But                          soonitcametopass;     You                          S A Pno. 39          droveustoextinctionNowit’s                      We’ll          youwewillharass.We’ll                          hauntyouandtormentyouAndwe’ll         hauntyouandtormentyouAndwe’ll                   S A Pno. 42         makeyouourrepast.‘Causewe’re         makeyouourrepast.‘Causewe’re                      woolly   Woolly                          ‘Causewe’re     ‘Causewe’re                        5

        S A Pno. 45  wool  wool                                         ly    ly                                 S A Pno.                       E E                                                                        S A Pno.   52                       (shakeyourhead backandforth)  (shakeyourhead backandforth)                       Wool  Wool        ly.    ly.         -   6

Twolittlekittens,onestormynight, Begantoquarrel,andthentofight; Onehadamouse,theotherhadnone, Andthat'sthewaythequarrelbegun.

"I'llhavethatmouse,"sadthebiggestcat; "You'llhavethatmouse?We'llseeaboutthat!"

"Iwillhavethatmouse,"saidtheeldestson; "Youshan'thavethemouse,"saidthelittleone.

Itoldyoubefore'twasastormynight Whenthesetwolittlekittensbegantofight; Theoldwomanseizedhersweepingbroom, Andsweptthetwokittensrightoutoftheroom.

Thegroundwascoveredwithfrostandsnow, Andthetwolittlekittenshadnowheretogo; Sotheylaidthemdownonthematatthedoor, Whiletheoldwomanfinishedsweepingthefloor.

Thentheycreptin,asquietasmice, Allwetwiththesnow,andcoldasice, Fortheyfounditwasbetter,thatstormynight, Toliedownandsleepthantoquarrelandfight.

Anonymousc.1880

TwoLittleKittens

        Piano             Moderato                                                      S A Pno.      Twolittlekittens,one               5 5      stormynight,Be                    gantoquarrel,and                        S A Pno. 8     thentofight;                     Onehadamouse,the                     otherhadnone,And              1

        S A Pno. 11      that'sthewaythe                   quarrelbegun.                   Twolittle    Twolittle                 A A        S A Pno. 14    Twolittle    Twolittle                      Twolittlekittens,one      Twolittlekittens,one                    stormynight,     stormynight,                                S A Pno. 17    Twolittle     littleTwo                      Twolittle     littleTwo                     that'sthewaythe     that'sthewaythe                  2

                        S A Pno. 20    quarrelbe    quarrelbe          gun.   gun.             B B                              S A Pno. 23                    "I'll                      havethatmouse,"saidthe                 C C         S A Pno. 26     biggestcat;    "You'll                      havethatmouse?We'll                   "Iwill      seeaboutthat!"                3

        S A Pno. 29     havethatmouse,"saidthe                    eldestson;"You    "You                     shan'thavethemouse,"saidthe      shan'thavethemouse,"saidthe                       S A Pno. 32     littleone.     littleone.                    Twolittle    Twolittle                    Twolittle    Twolittle                 - -        S A Pno. 35      Twolittlekittens,one      Twolittlekittens,one                    stormynight,    stormynight,                    Twolittle     littleTwo                 --4

            S A Pno. 38     Twolittle     littleTwo                    that'sthewaythe     that'sthewaythe                     quarrelbe     quarrelbe                S A Pno.   gun.   gun.               D D                                           S A Pno. 44    I    I                      toldyoubefore'twasa      toldyoubefore'twasa               E E     stormynight     stormynight              5

        S A Pno. 47                      Whenthese                        twolittlekittensbe                        S A Pno. 50      gantofight;                                         The                         S A Pno. 53     oldwomanseizedher                      sweepingbroom,                                    6

                        S A Pno. 56    And    And                           sweptthetwokittensright       sweptthetwokittensright                  outofthe    outofthe                    S A Pno. 59    room.    room.                   Twolittle    Twolittle                  F F     Twolittle    Twolittle                       S A Pno. 62      Twolittlekittens,swept      Twolittlekittensswept                      outoftheroom.     outoftheroom.                      TwolittlelittleTwo      TwolittlelittleTwo                 -7

        S A Pno. 65      TwolittlelittleTwo      TwolittlelittleTwo                     Twolittlekittens,swept      Twolittlekittens,swept                    G.P. G.P. G.P. G.P.         S A Pno. 68      Twolittlekittens,swept      Twolittlekittens,swept                       G.P. G.P. G.P. G.P.      Twolittlekittens,    swept               Solo         S A Pno. 71    The       outoftheroom.           Tutti rit. rit.        groundwascoveredwith               Muchslower G G (with pathos) Muchslower (whistle to sound like the wind)       frostandsnow,Andthe           8

        S A Pno. 74       twolittlekittenshad            nowheretogo;   Sothey                    laidthemdownonthe             (whistle to sound like the wind)          S A Pno. 77        matatthedoor,Whilethe                    Solo       oldwomanfinished                      Then       sweepingthefloor.Then                               rit. rit. Tutti         S A Pno.         theycreptin,as        theycreptin,as                 Abitfaster H H Abitfaster              quietasmice,All             quietasmice,All                 accel. poco a poco accel. poco a poco         wetwiththesnow,and         wetwiththesnow,and              9

        S A Pno. 83         coldasice,Forthey         coldasice,Forthey                        founditwasbetter,that           founditwasbetter,that                      stormynight,To     stormynight,                         S A Pno. 86        liedownandsleep    To             To        liedownandsleepTo                    liedownandsleepthanto         liedownandsleepthanto                  S A Pno. 89      quarrelandfight.      quarrelandfight.                allarg.  allarg.    Twolittle    Twolittle                    Tempoprimo Tempoprimo    I I    Twolittle    Twolittle                10

        S A Pno. 92      Twolittlekittens,one      Twolittlekittens,one                     stormynight,    stormynight,                  TwolittlelittleTwo      TwolittlelittleTwo                          S A Pno. 95      Twolittlelit lit tleTwo      TwolittlelittleTwo                     meowmeowmeowmeow          Solo      meowmeowmeowmeow           S A Pno.      TwolittlelittleTwo     dodo                  Tutti J J      TwolittlelittleTwo     dodo                    that'sthewaythe     dodo                11

        S A Pno. 101     quarrelbegun.     quarrelbegun.                   TwolittlelittleTwo       TwolittlelittleTwo                      TwolittlelittleTwo      TwolittlelittleTwo                            S A Pno.   K K meow meow meow meow meow meow meow meow Cacaphonyofmeows Cacaphonyofmeows   meow meow meow meow meow meow meow   meow meow meow meow meow meow meow meow   meow meow meow meow meow meow meow meow

cut-off by conductor)         S A Pno.     Andthe     Andthe      L L        moralofthisstoryDon't        moralofthisstory:Don't   (shouted) (shouted)         quarrelandfight!       quarrelandfight!                12

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Tortoise Moon

Oldandworn,withscragglyneck

Yourunflinching,beadyeyesreflect Softmoonbeamsthatrideanddanceuponyourshell, LonesomeGeorge. Throughtheyearsbygrassystreams

Youhavedreamedamillionmoonglowdreams. Asthemysticislandscastonyou theirmagicspell Whereyoudwell.

TortoiseMoon helpGeorgebelieve Tillhefindshisdreams.

TortoiseMoon showhimyourlove andfromabove senddownyourbright,sparklingbeams. LonesomeGeorgehemovedsoslowly forahundredyearssoproudandnobly. Creaturerarethoughgonetoosoon youleftyourstarrylight intheTortoiseMoon

TheGalapagosgianttortoiseisthelargestlivingspeciesoftortoiseandone ofthelongestlivinginvertebrates.Oftheoriginal15species,only10survive duetotheirexploitationformeatandoil;aneleventhsubspecieshadonlya singlelivingindividual,keptincaptivityandnicknamed"LonesomeGeorge" untilhisuntimelydeathonJune26,2012attheageof100.

TortoiseMoon for Lonesome George

                Soprano Alto Piano         Adagiosempliceedolce              Oldandworn,with     Oldandworn,with        A     scragglyneck     scragglyneck              S A Pno. 5       yourunflinching,beady       yourunflinching,beady          eyesreflect     eyesreflect            softmoonbeamsthat      softmoonbeamsthat             rideanddanceuponyour       rideanddanceuponyour     --

        S A Pno. 9   shell,   shell,           LonesomeGeorge.     LonesomeGeorge.            Throughtheyearsby     theyears                       B    grassystreams       bygrassystreams               -        S A Pno. 13       youhavedreamedamillion       youhavedreamedamillion                   moonglowdreams    moonglowdreams                        Asthemystic     themystic                         islandscastonyoutheir       islandscastonyoutheir          --        S A Pno. 17     magicspell     magicspell                       whereyoudwell..     whereyoudwell..                 TortoiseMoonHelp               C     Georgebelieve           ---

        S A Pno. 21     Tillhefindshis                   dreams                  TortoiseMoonshow      TortoiseMoonshow                 himyourloveand       himyourloveand                        S A Pno. 25     fromabovesend       fromabovesend                      downyourbright,sparkling     downyourbright,sparkling            beams.   beams.                  LonesomeGeorgehemovedso                  D--        S A Pno. 29    slowly                   Forahundredyearsso       Forahundredyearsso                    proudandnobly       proudandnobly                    creaturerarethough      creaturerarethough                 ---

                S A Pno. 33       gonetoosoonyouleftyour       gonetoosoonyouleftyour               starrylight     starrylight                     intheTortoise     intheTortoise               Moon.   Moon.               -                S A Pno.              dodododododo              dodododododo                       E                dodododododo              dodododododo                               S A Pno. 40                         dodododododododododododo              dodododododo                         Moon   Moon           rit. rit.         

FieldMouse for SA&Piano MusicbyRobertS.Cohen

byCecilFrancesAlexander LeapfrogProductions 303UpperMountainAve. UpperMontclair,NJ07043 (973)783-9192 bob@robertscohen.com www.robertscohen.com

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TheFieldMouse

Wheretheacorntumblesdown, Wheretheashtreeshedsitsberry, Withyourfursosoftandbrown, Withyoureyesoroundandmerry, Scarcelymovingthelonggreengrass, Fieldmouse,Icanseeyoupass. Littlething,inwhatdarkden, Lieyouallthewintersleeping? Tillwarmweathercomesagain, ThenoncemoreIseeyoupeeping Roundaboutthetalltreeroots, Nibblingattheirfallenfruits. Fieldmouse,Fieldmouse,donotgo, Wherethefarmerstackshistreasure, Findthenutthatfallsbelow, Eattheacornatyourpleasure, Butyoumustnotstealthegrain Hehasstackedwithsomuchpain. Makeyourholewheremossesspring, Underneaththetalloak'sshadow, Pretty,quietharmlessthing, Playaboutthesunnymeadow. Keepawayfromcornandhouse, Nonewillharmyou,littlemouse.

CecilFrancesAlexander

TheFieldMouse

                Soprano Alto Piano                 Andantedolcemente Andantedolcemente                         Wheretheacorntumblesdown,                     A A         4         Wheretheashtreeshedsitsberry,                         Withyourfursosoftandbrown,                            Withyoureyesoroundandmerry,                    1

        7      Scarcelymovingthe     Scarcelymoving                        longgreengrass,      longgreengrass,                       Fieldmouse,Icanseeyou        Fieldmouse,Icanseeyou                           10   pass.   pass.                                  Littlething,in        Littlething,inwhatdarkden,                   B B          13    whatdarkden,         Lieyouallthewintersleeping?                     Tillwarmweather        Tillwarmweathercomesagain,                      comesagain,         ThenoncemoreIseeyoupeeping                 2

        16      Roundaboutthe     Roundaboutthe                        talltreeroots,      talltreeroots,                       Nibblingattheir       Nibblingattheirfallen                          19   fruits.   fruits.                    FieldMouse,FieldMouse,                C C      donotgo,                            22         Wherethefarmerstackshis                      treasure,                      Findthenutthat     Findthenutthat                         3

        25    fallsbelow,    fallsbelow,                         Eattheacornatyour        Eattheacornatyour                        pleasure,Butyou      pleasure,Butyou                  28        mustnotstealthegrainHehas        mustnotstealthegrainHehas                rit. poco a poco rit. poco a poco       stackedwithsomuchpain.      stackedwithsomuchpain.                        Makeyourholewheremossesspring,                    Atempo D D  Atempo        31          Underneaththetalloak'sshadow,                      Pretty,harmlessthing,        Pretty,quietharmlessthing,                           Playaboutthesunnymeadow.         Playaboutthesunnymeadow.                     4

        34      Keepawayfrom     Keepawayfrom                           cornandhouse,      cornandhouse,                        Nonewillharmyou,                   sub. sub.        37       Nonewillharmyou,                        Nonewillharmyou,      Nonewillharmyou,                         littlelittle   little                      40   mouse.   mouse.              dim. poco a poco                    (Make Mouse Sounds) (Make Mouse Sounds)     little     little                 rit. rit.    mouse.  mouse.     5

TaleofthePupfish for

Tale of the Pupfish

IntheMojaveDesert, Alittlefishdidlive. Ithadaratherfunnyname Forthatwemustforgive. Itsname,TecopaPupfish AnameofPupfishfame Butnowthatithasgoneextinct It'sdrivingusinsane.

We’retinydesertPupfish

Abouttwoincheslong Wehatetobesoupish, Butyouhavedoneuswrong. InSouthTacopaHotSprings, Ourcousinslivedandplayed, Butthenyouhadtooverbuild Andchasedthemallaway.

Welikeourwaterextrahot. Welikeitsaltytoo. Fortwentythousandfun-filledyears, Ourpredatorswerefew. Butthenyoubroughtthebullfrog; Afinehowdoyoudo. Theirappetitewasmightybig Andleftusinastew.

WhilenoTacopaPupfish Arelefttoswimandmate. Wehopethatyourememberthem Andpublicizetheirfate. TheU.S.courttheycallSupreme Hadputthemonalist. Butmuchtoolate,sonowthey'regone We'resorrytogoonandon... Wewishtheystillwereheretospawn Andsorelywillbemissed.

Pupfishgottheirnamebecausetheyseemedasplayfulaspuppies.Theycanbefoundinmanyplaces throughoutthecountry,butdesertpupfisharespecialbecausetheyliveinsuchextremeenvironments. Pupfishcanliveinwaterthatrangesintemperaturefromfreezingtonearlyboilingandwater3timesas saltyastheocean.InthePleistocene,theMojaveDesertwasamuchwetterplace.Asthelargelakesdried upthereweresmallspringsandpoolsleftbehind.Asthepoolsbecamesmaller,thefishinhabitingthemdid aswell.TheTecopaPupfishlivedintheoutflowsofNorthandSouthTecopaHotSpringsbutbegantpo disappearintheearly1940swhenthespringswereturnedintocanals,bathhousesandhotels.Thelast TecopaPupfishwasseenin1970.

TaleofthePupfish

                Soprano Alto Piano                     Grave Grave                     IntheMojaveDesert,A          IntheMojaveDesert,A                                                 A A         littlefishdidlive.It         littlefishdidlive.It                                                        S A Pno. 5         hadaratherfunnynameFor         hadaratherfunnynameFor                                               thatwemustforgive.Its         thatwemustforgive.Its                                              name,TecopaPupfishA         name,TecopaPupfishA                1

        S A Pno. 8         nameofPupfishfameBut         nameofPupfishfameBut                         nowthatithasgoneextinctIt's         nowthatithasgoneextinctIt's                     drivingusinsane!But         drivingusinsane!But                        S A Pno. 11         nowthatithasgoneextinctIt's         nowthatithasgoneextinctIt's                                          drivingusin     drivingusin                       sane!in    sane!in                 sane!We’re    sane!We’re                     S A Pno.         tinydesertPupfishA         tinydesertPupfishA                        Frisky Frisky   B B          bouttwoincheslongWe         bouttwoincheslongWe                                     hatetobesoupish,But         hatetobesoupish,But                         2

        S A Pno. 18         youhavedoneuswrong.In         youhavedoneuswrong.In                                 SouthTecopaHotSprings,Our         SouthTecopaHotSprings,Our                               cousinslivedandplayed,But        cousinslivedandplayed,But                                     S A Pno. 21         thenyouhadtooverbuildAnd         thenyouhadtooverbuildAnd                                chasedthemallaway.        chasedthemallaway.                                       puppuppuppup         puppuppuppup                             sub. sub. sub.               S A Pno. 24         puppuppuppup         puppuppuppup                                  puppuppuppuppuppuppuppup         puppuppupway.puppuppuppup                                  puppuppuppuppupWe        puppuppuppuppup                           3

        S A Pno.         likeourwaterextrahot.We                        C C        likeitsaltytoo.     For                                       twentythousandfunfilledyears,Our                                 S A Pno. 30     But         predatorswerefew.But                                thenyoubroughtthebullfrog;A         thenyoubroughtthebullfrog;A                               finehowdoyoudo.Their         finehowdoyoudo.Their                                   S A Pno. 33         appetitewasmightybigAnd         appetitewasmightybigAnd                                leftusinastew.        leftusinastew.                                        ribbitribbit         ribbitribbit                             sub. sub. sub.   4

            S A Pno. 36         ribbitribbit         ribbitribbit                                   ribbitribbitribbitribbit         ribbitribbitribbitribbit                                   ribbitribbitrib.While       ribbitribbitrib.                                   S A Pno.        noTecopaPupfishAre       WhilenoTecopa                       D D           lefttoswimandmate.We         PupfishArelefttoswimand                                     hopethatyourememberthemAnd        mate.Wehopethatyoure                                 S A Pno. 42         publicizetheirfate.The         memberthemAndpublicizetheir                                 U.S.courttheycallSupremeHad         fate.TheU.S.courtHad                              putthemonalist.But       putthemonalist.                            5

        S A Pno. 45         muchtoolate,sonowthey'regone     We're                             We         sorrytogoonandon...We                                 wishtheystillwereheretospawnAnd         wishtheystillwereheretospawnAnd                                S A Pno. 48   sorely   sorely                               willbe   willbe                            missed.  missed                                     S A Pno. 51                                                                Pupfish      Pupfish                  (spoken) (spoken)  6