Do Not Stand at My Grave and Weep

Do Not Stand at My Grave and Weep for SATB choir a cappella

Text by Mary Elizabeth Frye

Dennis Tobenski

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Do Not Stand at My Grave and Weep MARY HINES

DENNIS M. TOBENSKI

         q = 70 ppp

SOPRANO

Do

not

       ppp

ALTO

Do

TENOR

BASS



     

    ff    4

S.

     

ff

        

I

A.

I

     



I

am

   



do not



sleep. pp



do not

do not

sleep.



sleep.

do not



the



I

weep.



and

weep.



 mf

 I

T.

B.

 dia







am

the

dia





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   I

 

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



am

not















a thou - sand winds that blow.



-





mond

glints mp

-

 dia

-

 

a thou - sand winds that blow.





f

     

not

f





glints f

am



sleep.

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      I

I



am

not

   

  

am

am

f



mf

not

   

weep.

f

am

f



and



    I

  



f



weep.

f

I

pp

there.

S.



      

ff

f



pp         I

        there.

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stand at my grave and

     

       there.

B.

    

      

ff

T.

f

pp

I



stand at my grave and





there.

A.

not

f

    



on







on





mond

glints

on







mond

glints

on



snow. pp



Copyright © 2002 Dennis M. Tobenski



pp



snow.







 



pp

snow. pp

snow.

4

   ff  

    

12

S.

I

am the

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      I

     17

S.

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     

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T.

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gen

      



am

           f

When

      When f

f

B.

     

-

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When

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     you

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wak

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

grain.

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grain.

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ff

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

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  



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





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When you

T.

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A.

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S.



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mf

light

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sun



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light

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sun

am the

ff

B.

-

    

      I ff

T.

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    

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A.

 



rain.



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     

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ff      

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in the

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5

       



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I

am

the

swift

up

     

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

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up

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

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swift

up

 

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the

swift

up

26

S.

A.

I

T.

B.

       I

        I

       29

S.

rush

A.

    

rush

T.

B.

       rush

       

pp sub.



of

pp sub.

32

S.

I

    

ppp

A.

I

      I

ppp

T.

     

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

qui

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et

birds

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in

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



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soft

   

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soft

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soft

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

   

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    birds

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stars

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cir

 

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cir

  



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at

  



  

at

shine

at

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

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-

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in pp

  

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    

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qui

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   ppp   



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at

-

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cled

flight.

cled



flight.

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cled

flight.

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cled

flight.

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  

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

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

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

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night.

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night.

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night.

 



night

6

    pp    



Do

not

ff

36

S.

     

pp

A.



Do

T.

B.

      

       

A.

B.

at

my



grave



and ff





stand

at



my



grave



    

f



f



      

f

      

f

 I

 I



am



am



am

 not



not



not

  am

not



     

and

cry.



there. mf



there. mf



 

 

there. mf

 there.





p

 

 





I

did

not

p

 





I

did

not

p

 



cry.

ff







ff



mf

 

cry.



 



cry.

and





I

T.

stand



and

I

     





      

38

S.

not





ppp

die.

  

ppp

die.

  

ppp

 





I

did

not

die.

  p





I

did

not

 

ppp

die.

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