She Moved Through the Fair

RP028

written for the Academy of Voices, directed by Michael Jeffrey

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arr. Ian A. Cook 2015

She Moved Through the Fair

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for SATB chorus a capella

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Traditional Irish Melody

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RP028

She Moved Through the Fair

for SATB chorus a capella Traditional Irish Melody arr. Ian A. Cook written for the Academy of Voices, directed by Michael Jeffrey Duration: 4'30"

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She Moved Through the Fair verses 1–3 by Padraic Colum verse 4 Traditional

The people were saying “No two e’er were wed But one had a sorrow That never was said.”

And I smiled as she passed With her goods and her gear, And that was the last That I saw of my dear.

She stepped away from me And she moved through the fair, And fondly I watched her Move here and move there.

Then she made her way homeward, With one star awake, As the swan in the evening Moves over the lake.

Last night she came to me, My dead love came in.

So softly she came That her feet made no din.

Then she laid her hand on me, And this she did say: “It will not be long, love, Till our wedding day.”

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My young love said to me “My mother won’t mind, And my father won’t slight you For your lack of kine.”

Then she stepped away from me, And this she did say: “It will not be long, Love, Till our wedding day.”

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She Moved Through the Fair is copyrighted © 2015 by Ian A. Cook and Red Pine Music Press. All rights are reserved.

Please report all performances at http://ianacook.com/performance-notification/.

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written for the Academy of Voices, directed by Michael Jeffrey

rus Pe

She Moved Through the Fair for SATB chorus a capella

verses 1–3 by Padraic Colum verse 4 Traditional

  



  

      

Slowly, very freely q = 52

Soprano

    p   





    

  

Ooh

Slowly, very freely q = 52 p

Alto

     





Ooh

 

Slowly, very freely q = 52 p



      



Ooh

      

for rehearsal only

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

   

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



mp

     3

My

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      

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



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



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

  

ore



        



  

 



 

Sc

 

Slowly, very freely q = 52 p

Bass

  

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Tenor

         Ooh

Traditional Irish Melody arr. Ian A. Cook (b. 1990) 2015

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   

4 S.

She Moved Through the Fair — arr. Ian A. Cook

5

     

  



3         

p

“My

A.

      

T.

            young love said to me

  

3         

“My

mo - ther won’t

  

      

   





3    

   





   





  

                  10

for

your lack of kine.”



fa - ther won’t

  

 

     

mind,

and my

   

fa - ther won’t

  



   





   



 

 

 

    

         

 



Sc

slight you

3

 

and my

  

al





mind,

  

      

       

S.

  

rus Pe

B.

mo - ther won’t

  

      





   

 

A.

      

T.

                                     slight you for your lack of kine.”

Then she stepped a - way from me, and this she did                           



  

 

  

  

ore

B.

  

 

 

 

 



  

  

 

    

 



  

     

 



   

    

 





   

   

       15

S.

She Moved Through the Fair — arr. Ian A. Cook p

           



3

“It

     

T.

         say:

B.



       

       19

day.”

      





3



 

 

 



 

  

 

    







  



mp

     

mp

     

stepped a - way from me

mp

She

stepped a - way

   

mp





She

stepped

a

  



3

       

  



3

   

  

   

and she

  

3        

from

-





 



 



 



 

3    

  

and she

    

She



      

stepped a - way from me

   





3

3

          She



   

20

3

      



 





way

from

      

  



3





moved through the 3





moved through the



   

ore

B.

      

our wed - ding

  

Sc

T.

     

till

  

al



       

A.



love,

 

ooh

       

S.

p

long,

3       

  

rus Pe

A.

will not be

5

me

and

  



me

 

   

   

she



and







    she

3





 

moved

3



 



   

6

She Moved Through the Fair — arr. Ian A. Cook

       

  

       

 

          through the

  

23

S.

3       

fair,

B.

and

       

  

moved through the



 

       27

S.



  







fond

  

3

3

                     move.

       



       

  





 



watched her





  

ly

I

watched her

   

 

 



 



  





 



 

   



   





   

   

mf

Then she

  

   

mf

Then she



   

 





   

 



  

 

  



ore

                   move.

mf

B.

and move

  

mf

T.

here

I



there.

move

   

ly



 

   



Sc

      

and move

  

3

  

here



-

 

  

  -

fond

 

there.

A.

3

al



       

  

move

I watched her

  

fair,

      

fond - ly

  

fair,



I watched her

3         

fair,

T.

fond - ly

rus Pe

A.

and

   







     



 

 

   

She Moved Through the Fair — arr. Ian A. Cook

         30

S.

 



 

  



made her way home - ward with one

A.

 



  

made her way home - ward with one

T.

B.

      



     



 

            





          34

S.

 

 

  

B.

moves

  moves

            -

         

ning

               

3

 





the



-

ver

the





as

the



   



    

  









  

  



lake.

     -

ver

3        

the



swan in the eve

   

  

o - ver the lake.



     

   

 

 

   

 



 

 



 

     3



Oh

the



  

mp

Oh





 



 

       

lake.

   

3 3

swan in the eve

       

p

   

 3     

o



 

swan

           

  



 

mp

o - ver the lake.

  

moves

 



o

p

    

as

 3        



          - ning



  

swan

ore

T.



the

as the



 

p

Sc

A.

  

  

star a - wake,



moves

     

as

al





         p

star a - wake,

rus Pe

       

  

7

   







 

   

3

 

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38

S.

       

mp



  

  

   

 

  

 

Oh





peo - ple were

T.

B.



rus Pe

A.

mf       

say - ing

             





“No

  



  

mp



   

two



       

“One had

A.

one had

B.

a

          one had         one had

       



       

 a

   





 

  

  

         



  

were

e’er

   

3 3



but

   

but



   





    



3







   

mf

        Oh

  

    

      



ne

-

mf

ver was said.”

 



that

ne

-

 



 

  



  





wed

that ne’er was said.”

  

 

wed

were





       

sor - row

sor - row

e’er



  

    

that

  







wed

that ne’er was said.”

sor - row



 

sor - row

  

a

 

3



Oh

mf

ore

T.





  

 a





were

Sc

                



  



42

S.

   



two

al







e’er

  3 

“No

      



two

“No

 

3

  

Oh

  

ver was said.”

 

 

  



 

   

  

   

f

And

I





   

   

She Moved Through the Fair — arr. Ian A. Cook

        45

S.

T.

B.



     

       

smiled

      

   



 





molto rall.

    

p



 oh

 3 3

 



gear,



   



   

molto rall.

p



3





 



 

oh



  





  

 



3

A tempo

 

A tempo

   

A tempo pp

                 

3

 

that was the

  

  

 

last

   



3

3



   



pp

that

I

pp

the

 

  



     3         

last

       



And

   

pp





A tempo

       

       



the

 

     



   



molto rall.

oh

3

goods and her

  







         





       

        



p

my



  

saw

of my

  



of

my

last



    that







 



of

ore

B.

       





Sc

T.



as she passed with her

50

A.

        

p



3

al

        

S.

 

        



 

rus Pe

A.



 

9 molto rall.

I

           

    saw

       

of

 my

     

10

She Moved Through the Fair — arr. Ian A. Cook

      55

S.



58



dear.

  



B.



      dear.





     



  

  







   

  



 

3          



   3  

 

night she came to

me,

  





3

3

   



 

A.

      



 

B.

             



      

  So

  

    

soft - ly



she





 

 



 



came

 

  

dead love came in.

my

dead love came in.

  





   



 

 





  3





 



 

3



 



 



 



 



 



 

  

pp

       3

that her

feet made no





 

 



ore

T.

      

my

Sc

S.

       61

love,

3

me,



dear

      

Last night she came to sotto voce ppp





           3

Last

 

   

my

al

   

 

Mmm

sotto voce ppp

dear.



  

Mmm sotto voce ppp



dear.

T.

  

rus Pe

A.

sotto voce ppp

  

din.

 

 

 3





  

Then she

   

pp

Then she

 



  



  

 

She Moved Through the Fair — arr. Ian A. Cook

      66

S.

A.

B.



     





     69



mp



A.

B.

   

 



and

this

she did say:



 

3

   







  



  

3



3

 

 

mf



 ooh



  

 



p

  















poco rall.



our

  

wed - ding

  day.”

pp

  

poco rall.

 

pp

poco rall.

 

    



ooh

till

pp



 

ooh

say:

love,

 3



  



     

  

will not be long,

    

   





      

 

ore

T.

 







this

   

she did

mf

mf

and

      





  

3

3

“It

  



she did say:

Sc









this

al

     





  



 

me,

      



 

And

           laid her hand on me,             laid her hand on

S.



p

rus Pe

T.



11

 

poco rall.











 





   