Sankaram | The Wife

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The Wife

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for soprano, accordion, and synthesizer

PE R

U SA L

Kamala Sankaram 2018

PE R U SA L SC O

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R E

SC O

The Wife

U SA L

for soprano, accordion, and synthesizer

Kamala Sankaram

PE R

2018

R E SC O

Instrumentation

PE R

U SA L

Soprano Accordion Synthesizer

Duration: 9’

First printing, March 2024

Copyright ©2018 Kamala Sankaram. All Rights Reserved.

Program Note Copyright ©2018 Kamala Sankaram. All Rights Reserved Published by Just a Theory Press | www.justatheorypress.com

The Wife q = 84 3

4 &4

Woman

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b˙

Ó™ œ œ œ It was the

3 œ. ‰ bœj œ Œ œ œ œ

moon.

They said

it was the

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& ˙

bœ œ ™ œ J

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& Accord.

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pulls.

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It

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Was it a dream?

It must be.

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6

œ œ œ œœœœœœŒ

Pulled...

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3 Œ œ œ œ bœ ‰ œj œ œ ‰ œ œ Œ J

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œ ™ bœ œ ™ œ œ ™œ œ ™ œ Ó

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moon.

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p

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p

p p p p p p

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3

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And yet...

˙ œ œ œ

bœ œ œ™ œ œ œ ™ Œ

I could - n't know.

I had no sus-pi- cions.

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bœ œ S.

bœ œ œ ˙

Ó

& Œ œœ œ I was so hap - py.

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Ó

œ œ bœ œ

Hap-py with him.

bœ œ œ bœ ˙

What is the mea-sure of a

bœ nœœ œœœ

& Accord.

œœœœ

Œ œ bœ

life?

Of a

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w

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w

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w

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3

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Ó

&

œ œ bœ œ

love?

bœ œ œ

bœ

How it be-gins or how it

˙ & bnœœ œœœ ˙˙˙

bww w bw w

˙

‰ œj œ bœ œ œ Œ

Ó

ends?

The small me-mo-ries

bww w bw w

bnœœ

bœ ™ œ œ œ œ œ œ or the im -men-si-ty of...

œœœ œœœœ

œœœœ ˙˙˙˙

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˙

b˙

? bw

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& Synth.

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w

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bw

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w

w

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Accord.

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w

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& Ó

œ œ bœ œ

What is the

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3

bœ œ Ó

Ó

mea- sure?

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œ œ bœ œ What is the

bnœœ œœœ ˙˙˙˙

bœ œ Ó mea- sure?

Œ œ œ bœ œ œ bw When I think of him now,

bw w ww w

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œ œ Œ ™ œ 43 œ Œ Œ œ™ œ bœ ™ œ J

& Ó

what will I re mem- ber?

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œ

4 ˙ 4

When I pic-ture him now

his

face

3 b˙˙ ™™ 4 ˙™ m˙ ˙˙ Œ b 3 4 b˙ ™

w 4 bww 4 bmw w 4 w 4 w

His looks?

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3 b˙˙ ™™ 4 ˙™ m ˙ ™™ 3 b ˙˙˙ ™™ 4

&

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3 4

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&

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˙˙˙™™™ Œ b ˙˙˙ b˙ ™

w 4 bww 4 bmw w 4 w 4 w

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4 4

m

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3 4 ˙™

w

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˙™

3 bœ œ Œ &4

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3 &4

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{

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a

3 4 3 4

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3 4

∑

4 w 4

3 4

#˙ ™ ears.

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#˙˙˙ ™™™

m

m

Œ ˙˙ b˙ ™b ˙

Œ bm˙˙˙ ˙™

Œ b ˙˙˙ b˙ ™

m Œ bb ˙˙˙ b˙ ™

m Œ bb ˙˙˙ ˙™

Œ b ˙˙˙ ˙™

Œ b ˙˙˙ b˙ ™

m

m

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Œ #˙˙˙ ˙™

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∑

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b˙˙˙ ™™™ m

b˙˙˙ ™™™

∑

b˙˙˙ ™™™ m

n˙˙˙ ™™™

is

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eyes.

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Accord.

3 b˙˙ ™™ & 4 ˙™ m˙ ˙ Œ b ? 43 b˙ ™ ˙

Large

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3 4 ˙™

b˙ ™

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jum- ble.

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3 4

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œ™ œ 43 J

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bœ bœ & Œ

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b n˙˙ ™™ & b ˙™

b˙ ™

bbb˙˙˙ ™™™

b˙ ? Œ˙™b n˙˙

{

&

˙

A tooth-y

grin.

hair.

M

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Œ bb ˙˙˙M ˙™

∑

‰ œj 44 bœj œ œj œ œ œ 43 bœ bœ Œ 44

‰ bœ bœJ bœ ™ J bbb˙˙˙ ™™™

n˙˙˙ ™™™

M Œ bb ˙˙˙ ˙™

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M

Œ n˙˙˙ ˙™

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piec-es don't quite fit to

ge -

ther.

3 ™ 4 ˙˙˙™™ m ˙ ™™ 3 ˙˙˙™™ 4

4 bww 4 w m˙ ™ ™ Œ b 4 w ˙˙ ™ 4

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3 4

4 4 4 4

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4 4

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4 w 4

3 4 ˙™

4 4

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A tempo

Will I

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re-mem-ber his

touch?

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4 &4

3 4

∑

˙˙˙™™™

bb˙˙˙ ™™™

˙˙˙ ™™™

Œ b ˙˙˙ b˙ ™

M Œ bb ˙˙˙ b˙ ™

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∑

m

∑

3 4 ˙™

w

˙™

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S.

&

bœ œ bœ

M Œ bb ˙˙˙ b˙ ™

weight of his frame.

b b˙˙ ™ & b ˙ ™™

The

n˙˙˙ ™™™ M

?

Œ n˙˙˙ ˙™

&

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4 bww 4 w m˙ ™ ™ Œ b 4 w ˙˙ ™ 4

4 4

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bbb˙˙˙ ™™™ M

bww w

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œ 43 b˙ ™

Do I re - mem-ber

his

˙

m Œ b ˙˙˙ ™™™ bw

m

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∑

w

3 4

∑

w

voice?

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bww

Œ b ˙˙˙ ™™™ bw

m

∑

3 œ œ œ bœ ˙

Ó

Ó

Œ b ˙˙˙ ™™™ w

Œ bb ˙˙˙ ˙™

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lon-ger there.

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sense of a bod-y no

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M

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the

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˙

bbb˙˙˙ ™™™

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pres- sure,

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bœ bœ ™ Œ J

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b˙ ™

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4 &4

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w

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I

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bbn˙˙ ™ & ˙ ™ m˙ Œ b ˙˙ ? b˙ ™

{

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&

œ œ bœ œ œ 43 b˙ ™

can't quite hold on - to the

4 bww 4 4 Œ˙ 4

4 4

words.

3 b ˙™ 4 b ˙˙ ™ m m Œ œœœ 3 Œ b ˙˙˙ 4 b˙ ™ b˙

mœ b œœ

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3 bœ 44 œ œ œ œ œ œJ œ ™ Œ bœ

Ó

3 4

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bbn˙˙˙ ™™ m

Œ b ˙˙˙ b˙ ™

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I

re-mem-ber his sing- ing.

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ww w m

œœ œ

Œ #M˙˙˙ ™™™ #w

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4 w 4

3 4 ˙™

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4 w 4

w

His

5 77 3

voice

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œ œ

& ˙

rich and sweet.

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{

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3

œ

œ Ó

Songs from his far - a -way home- land.

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&

3 œ œ œ œ œ œ

œ

˙˙ ˙ n˙

∑

Songs that were al-most fa - mi - liar.

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m

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ww w M w w w w ∑

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&

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œbœ œ œ œ œbœ œ & Accord.

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œ

œ

Ϫ

œ J

bœ œ œ œ œ™ J

So

that you longed

to

join in

the sing - ing.

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& La

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˙

PE R

But the me-lo-dy was e - lu- sive.

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˙

&

Accord.

Œ ™ œ bœ œ œ œ J

m ˙˙ b ? ˙

Ó d˙ ˙˙˙

Ó bbm˙˙˙

{

You could-n't quite hold

œbœ œ œ œ œbœ œ ˙ M

˙˙ ˙

˙m b ˙˙

Ó d˙ ˙˙˙

b˙

˙

91

S.

˙ Œ & on.

3 3 œ bœ œ œ œ œ œ œ bœ Œ

So

all that was left was the long- ing.

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Œ

∑ bbm˙˙˙

M

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Ó m ˙ b ˙˙

d

bœ œ3 œ œ 3œ œ

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all that was left was the long -

œbœ œ œ œ œbœ œ

˙

Ó

˙˙˙ ˙

bbm˙˙˙

M

˙˙ ˙

ing.

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w

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&

œ. Œ

b˙

Ó™

∑

‰ œj œ bœ œ

Ó

œ The

œ ww w & bœ nœœ œœœ œœœ w

moon.

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Ó

The moon pulled.

w ww bœ nœœ œœœ œœœœ w

œ ™bœ œ ™ œ œ ™œ œ ™ œ Œ ™

j œ

Pulled...

Un

w ww bœ nœœ œœœ œœœœ w

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103

S.

& œj bœ ™ til

j œ œ œ Ó

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I...

3 ‰ bœJ œ œ œ œ œ œ ‰ bœ bœ œ œ œ œ œ n˙ J

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Un - til we...

We don't take in out-sid-ers and they don't find their way to us.

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œ ww w & bœ nœœ œœœ œœœ w

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b˙˙

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&

3 ‰bœ œ œ œ œ ‰ œ bœ œ œ ™ œ nœ œ œ J J

œ œ œœ œ

bœ bœ Œ

Our home is re- mote, a vall-ey past the pine fo- rest. He was a dis-tant cou- sin.

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b˙˙

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j j nœ œ œ bœ Œ

His

pa-rents had passed.

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ww w

bw

w

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3

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&

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œ œ œ b˙

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He had no bro- thers.

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He was a - lone.

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ww w

<b>w

w

&

œ œ bœ 3œ œ bœ œ ‰ œ œ œ J He ar - rived with-out fan- fare,

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a sha- dow.

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& œ œ œ œ œ œ œ bœ

j œ Œ Œ ™ bœ œ

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&

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3 œ œ œ œ œ œ bœ ‰ œ J

then he joined in the sing- ing. His

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w bw w

œbœ œ œ œ œbœ œ

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∑ m m œœ b œ bœ b œœœ œœœ œ

m

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voice

3 œ œ œ œ œ œJ bœ ™

œ

rich and sweet.

m œ ? œ bœœ

{

3

Songs that were al-most fa - mi- liar.

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m m œœ b œ œœ œ œ bœ b œ œ œ œ

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œ

bmœœ bœ b œ

œ

bœ œ œ 3œ œ œ

œ Œ

And

from that day he was wel - come.

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œ

m

m

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m

m

œœ œ

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bœ œ bœ œ

La

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&

œœ œ œ

Ϫ

œ œ

He would lead

œ Œ

the sing - ing.

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we fell in love

We fell in love

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mœ m œœ œ mœ m œœ bmœœ œœ œ b œœ œ œ œœ œ bœ b œ œ œ

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b œM M œ M œ œœ œ bœbb œœ œœ œ œœ bœ

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3 œ œ œ œbœ œbœ œ

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m œœ b œ bœ b œœœ

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Songs from his far - a-way home land.

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& Accord.

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œ

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& Ó

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∑

love

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œ œ bœ œ

bœ œ Ó

What is the mea- sure?

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bœ œ œ bœ

What is the mea-sure of a

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&

bœœ nœœœ ˙˙˙˙

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bœœ œœœ ˙˙˙˙

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∑

w w w ww

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œœœœ

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˙

Œ œbœ ˙

life?

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&

w ww & <b>w

Ó

love?

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bœ

U w

How it be-gins or how it

ends?

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bœ œ œ

3 Œ œ œ œ œj œ œj

Œ ™ œj

˙

In the be-gin-ning was warmth.

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w

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& Ϫ

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œ ˙

Ó

3 Œ ™ œj œ œ œ ˙

voice, his smell. The end...

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&

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Ó

How could I haveknown?

w w w

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œ bœ œ

œ

bœ œ œ bœ œ ™ œj ˙

How could I have known what themoon could do?

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w

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w w w

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j œ œ œ œ™ œ œ œ

They tell me now that there were

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bœ

bœ œ œ œ œ œ J

ru - mors.

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w w w

w w w

w

w

w

of

his

fa - ther

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&

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w

w

w

w

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w & w w

Theblood burns.

The sleep-er wakes.

œ Œ

Thechange comes.

w w w

w w w

w w w

w w w

w

w

w

w

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&

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