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Contents

Every Extraordinary Day (soprano)...........................1

Inheritance (soprano)................................................8

Ruby (soprano and baritone)...................................14

Charting Stars (baritone)....................,....................23

I Done Seen Some Things (baritone)......................31

Permitted (soprano).................................................37 A Hundred Years (soprano).....................................43

My Third Ward (soprano).......................................49

Your Honor (baritone).............................................55

A Voice Within You (baritone)................................61 Eternity (soprano and baritone)..............................72

The Story of Your Life (baritone)............................82

PERUSALSCORE

Duration: c. 45 minutes

First printing of this edition, March 2025

Deborah D.E.E.P. Mouton

1. Every Extraordinary Day for Cora Johnson (soprano and piano)

Joel ompson

- - - - A... al most e very day. Not work

With nostalgia = 112

2. Inheritance for Jackie Bostic (soprano and piano)

Where the fall told tales of Ms. Yates de scend ing

With reverence = 72

With gratitude = 56

chil dren who chal lenged ev ery thing and broke through the con crete,

eyes She

- land Salt of the earth and the sweet est girl in the A child made to out last the earth

earth

When we’ve come and gone, she’ll nd a man with a

earth And when we’re too old to see

He’ll tend to her blos soms, make her shine

red like the sun rise, gleam ing like stars: red like the sun rise, gleam

prayed, she will be our Ru by. prayed, she will be our Ru by,

4. Charting Stars for Eddie Lee Burrell (baritone and piano)

Steady; building intensity = 80

- A bove this world, space seems to make room for

Scribbling furiously on a chalkboard = 80 accel.

- Raised mon ey poor, but rich in dreams.

5. I Done Seen Some ings for Hardy Prince Anderson (baritone and piano)

Stank-face blues = 108

- clear down An drews. Boy, I done seen some things. I was a

teen I saw what ght in’ was for. Out there on Wil son,

- Y’all, not e

- - on ly Hous ton could ground me. Boy, I done seen

Concealed anguish; cantabile = 64

With power = 76 rit.

sts = 64

7. A Hundred Years for Ronald Green (soprano and piano)

Excitedly = 86 allarg.

- ing, but they cast ed their bal lots, e lect ed change:

Patient = 56 poco rall.

8. My ird Ward for Delores Smith (soprano and piano)

Ward. Mom ma shuﬀ

folks ‘cross town in her for ty nine Ford.

don’t know no thin’ ‘bout my ird Ward, y’all don’t

9. Your Honor for Bobby Caldwell and the students of TSU (baritone and piano)

Stately; with a straight spine = 60

Your Hon or, this case can not be

facts do not sup port a ri

when the stu dents were un law ful ly de tained,

they sang a song at the jail house doors. Still, the po lice made Wheel

- - grit and know ledge look ing for the law to do

Flowing = 160

10. A Voice Within You for Dr. omas F. Freeman (baritone and piano)

stu dents look ing to take on the world.

ask audience to echo I

11. Eternity for O’neta Cavitt (soprano, baritone and piano)

Nev er thought I could be long to some one, make home in my lungs, breathe them

the room. He had kind eyes... in from

Prai rie View in our blood. sweet smile... Prai rie View in our blood. She sat soft ly

With open-hearted gratitude

Ken dle ton to Hous ton bound

poco rit.

When the sto ry

JAT-137-038-VS

Thompson: A Voice Within Piano Score