Little Girl (2014) by bobcohenmusic

Little Girl

for TTBB Chorus&Piano

MusicbyRobertS.Cohen

LyricsbyRonaldW.Cadmus

Little Girl

LittleGirlchasingseagullswithherhairblowinginthewind

LittleGirlrunninginthewaves

You’vegrownandgoneawayIwonderwhereyou’vebeen.

LittleGirlholdingDaddy’shand

Playinginthesand

Buildingcastleswehopedwouldneverwashaway. Thoughtheyearshavegone, StillIhearyourlaughterastheotherchildrenplay.

LittleGirllookingoutacrosstheocean

LittleGirlblowingkissesinslowmotion

Makingcirclesinthesandwithyourblanketinyourhand

Asyougatheredcoloredglassalongtheshore. Ifonlywecouldholdeachotheronetimemore.

Iwatchthecloudspassandremember

Howyouwouldsnuggleinmyarms

AbeachislonelyinSeptember

Withoutyour,smileandcharm

LittleGirl,diggingholestomagiclands; Brokendreamsarenotsomethingthatyouplan Whenturningcartwheelsinthe sun

WithyourDaddyhavingfun

Whenyouwishuponastarfishinyourhand. WhereisthatLittleGirl

Myrareandpreciouspearl

WhoIstilllove,stillloveeachdayalittlemore

WhoIstilllove,stillloveeachdayMyLittleGirl.

                        Tenor1 Tenor2 Baritone Bass Piano                    Freely Freely                                             rit.     Little     Little                         T1 T2 B B Pno.    Girlchasing    Girlchasing               A A atempo atempo         seagullsWithherhairblowinginthe         seagullsWithherhairblowinginthe                 windLittle     windLittle               1

Little Girl

            T1 T2 B B Pno. 8         GirlrunninginthewavesYou’ve         GirlrunninginthewavesYou’ve                   grownandgoneawayIwonder         grownandgoneawayIwonder                           whereyou’vebeen.Little       whereyou’vebeen.Little                -            T1 T2 B B Pno. 11     GirlholdingDaddy’s     GirlholdingDaddy’s                        handPlayinginthe     handPlayinginthe                                 sandBuildingcastleswe         sandBuildingcastleswe                   --2

            T1 T2 B B Pno. 14         hopedwouldneverwashaway.Thoughthe         hopedwouldneverwashaway.Thoughthe                        yearshavegone,     yearshavegone,                       StillIhearyourlaughterasthe         StillIhearyourlaughterasthe                     T1 T2 B B Pno. 17     otherchildren     otherchildren                   play.Little    play.Little                   Girllooking    Girllooking     LittleGirl     LittleGirl                        B B-3

            T1 T2 B B Pno. 20         outacrosstheoceanLittle         outacrosstheoceanLittle         outacrosstheoceanLittle        outacrossoceanLittle                      Girlblowing    Girlblowing       GirlLittleGirlblowing    Girlblowing                          kissesinslowmotionMaking         kissesinslowmotionMaking         kissesinslowmotionMaking       kissesinmotionMaking                 -            T1 T2 B B Pno. 23       circlesinthesandWithyour       circlesinthesandWithyour        circlesinthesand    circlessand                           blanketinyourhandAsyou       blanketinyourhandAsyou        blanketinyourhand    blankethand                              gatheredcoloredglassalongthe         gatheredcoloredglassalongthe       gatheredglassalongthe        gatheredglassalongthe                      -4

            T1 T2 B B Pno. 26     shore.If      shore.If   shore.    shore.                       onlywecouldholdeachother         onlywecouldholdeachother    only    only           onetime   onetime   onetime   onetime                   T1 T2 B B Pno.   more   more   more   more                C C                                                                                                   5

            T1 T2 B B Pno. 33          Iwatchthecloudspassandre           Iwatchthecloudspassandre                      member     member                           Howyouwouldsnuggleinmy           Howyouwouldsnuggleinmy                --            T1 T2 B B Pno. 36    arms    arms                                  AbeachislonelyinSep       AbeachislonelyinSep          AbeachislonelyinSep         AbeachislonelyinSep                    temberWithoutyour,       temberWithoutyour,       temberWithoutyour,       temberWithoutyour,                 6

            T1 T2 B B Pno. 39   smileand   smileand       Withoutyour,smileand   smileand                     charmLittle    charmLittle   charm   charm                 sub. sub. sub. sub. sub.    Girl,digging    Girl,digging     LittleGirl     LittleGirl                       D D             T1 T2 B B Pno. 42       holestomagiclandsbroken         holestomagiclandsbroken        holestomagiclandsbroken      holestolandsbroken                         dreams,arenot    dreams,arenot      dreams,arenot    dreams,arenot                            somethingthatyouplanWhenturning      somethingthatyouplan      somethingthatyouplan    somethingyouplan                 ---7

            T1 T2 B B Pno. 45        cartwheelsinthesunWithyour        cartwheelsinthesunWithyour        cartwheelsinthesun     cartwheelssun                                DaddyhavingfunWhenyou       DaddyhavingfunWhenyou        Daddyhavingfun    Daddyfun                              wishuponastarfishinyour         wishuponastarfishinyour        wishastarfishinyour        wishastarfishinyour                      -            T1 T2 B B Pno. 48   hand     hand     handWhere      handWhere                    My     My       isthatLittleGirl       isthatLittleGirl              AlittleSlower AlittleSlower     E E          rareandpreciouspearlWho         rareandpreciouspearlWho        rarepearl        rarepearl                            -  8

            T1 T2 B B Pno. 51         IstillloveStillloveeachdayA   Ilove   Ilove   Ilove           little   little   little   little             more.Who    more.    more.     more.                  Solo          IstillloveStillloveeachdayMy         EvenSlower EvenSlower  F F -            T1 T2 B B Pno. 55   Little   Little   Little   Little        Tutti      Girl   Girl   Girl   Girl                        Tempoprimo Tempoprimo G G                                          rit.                                 -9