The Dying Californian revised version
q ≈ 80
Tenor
p 4 Vb 4w
[m]
? b 44 Ó .
[optional solo]
Baritone
Bass
Vb w
œ œœ œ œ ?b frame will
?b Vb
w
11
?
b
?b
soon be
˙ near -
w
˙
near -
w
ly
dy - ing, soon you'll miss
ing 'neath the
∑
œ œ œ œ. œ œ œ J for my limbs
˙.
are grow - ing
cold,
œ œ œ œ . œj œ œ
˙.
for my limbs
are grow - ing
cold,
˙.
o - cean's bri - ny
surf.
w
Ó.
∑
∑
∑
F œ œ œ . œ œ Œ œ J [tutti]
F j . œ œ œ œ œ œ
œ œ œ œ œ œ œ and thy
pre - sence seem - eth
œ œ œ œ œ nœ œ
and thy
for my
w ∑
˙
œ œ
me in your berth,
w
w
-
w
œ œ œ œ œ œ . Jœ
œ œœœ œ œ œ œ œ œœ œ
∑
er,
w
w
w
er,
˙
P œ. œ œ œ œœ J
[m]
6
w
w
I am dy - ing, bro - ther,
? b 44 p w
Gregory W. Brown text and tune adapted from Vance Randolph's Ozark Folksongs (pp. 180–2) and traditional versions
pre - sence seem - eth
Lay up
near - er, bro - ther,
Lay up
near - er, bro - ther,
∑
œ œœœ œ œ œ
dear
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er when thy
œ œœœ œ œ œ
dear
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er when thy