STEINAR EIELSEN
HIGH FLIGHT FOR MALE CHOIR TTBB
STEINAR EIELSEN
HIGH FLIGHT for male choir TTBB
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HIGH FLIGHT Oh! I have slipped the surly bonds of Earth, and danced the skies on laughter-silvered wings; Sunward I've climbed and joined the tumbling mirth Of sun-split clouds – and done a hundred things You have not dreamed of – wheeled and soared and swung High in the sunlit silence. Hov’ring there, I’ve chased the shouting wind along, and flung my eager craft through footless halls of air… Up, up the long, delirious burning blue I've topped the wind-swept heights with easy grace, Where never lark, or even eagle flew – And, while with silent, lifting mind I’ve trod The high untrespassed sanctity of space, Put out my hand and touched the face of God. John Gillespie Magee jr (1922 – 1941)
Ardito = ca 56
Oh,
I
Oh,
bonds
of Earth
of Earth
bonds
I
And
danced;
And
danced;
wings;
laugh - ter - sil - vered
have slipped the sur - ly bonds of Earth;
have slipped the sur - ly bonds of Earth;
laugh - ter - sil - vered
and
and
Oh, I have slipped the sur - ly
Oh,
danced; and
and danced;
wings;
I
danced
Sun - ward i've climbed; i've
skies
the
skies
danced the skies
on
Sun - ward i've
Sun - ward i've climbed; i've
climbed; i've
climbed; i've
climbed; i've
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Sun - ward i've climbed; i've
and
have slipped the sur - ly
danced the
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climbed;
clouds
clouds
and
joined
climbed;
and
joined
and
done
and done
the tumb
hund
things you have not, you have
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-
-
hund
things you have not, you have
ling; tumb - ling
a
a
-
red
red
not
things;
not
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things;
dreamed
you have
you have
of
mirth
of
mirth
sun - split
the tumb - ling; tumb - ling
sun - split
a
a
hund
-
hund
-
red
of
not
dreamed
of
not
dreamed
of
red
not
you have
not
swung;
swung;
wheeled
high;
wheeled
high,
high;
high
high,
=
dreamed
of
high
dreamed
and
of
soared
in the sun
-
-
and
and soared
in the sun
and
lit
lit
ca 63
0f
not
dreamed
you have
sil
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swung
swung
lence;
si -
si -
High,
High;
lence; lence; High
High
soared and
soared and
wheeled and
wheeled and
high;
high
in the sun
in the sun
-
-
lit
lit
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si
-
si - lence;
si - lence;
lence;
Hov'
Hov'
-
-
si
-
ring, hov' - ring there I've
wind
a - long,
shout - ing wind a - long,
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sun - lit
chased
chased; I've chased; I've
and
amd
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si - lence.
I've
si - lence.
sun - lit
si - lence;
ring, hov' - ring there.
shout - ing
si - lence;
lence;
Hov' - ring there
I've
chased the
chased I've chased
ger, ea
flung my ea - ger, and flung my flung
my ea
-
and flung
the
-
flung
ea
-
my, flung
ger,
my
ger,
my
ea
ea
-
ger craft
-
ger craft
through foot -
up
heights
with
with
blue
Up
I've
grace,
grace,
blue
topped
ea - sy grace,
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where ne
-
the wind
the
-
swept
wind - swept
ver lark or e - ven
the long;
-
the;
where ne
Up
I've topped
ea - sy, ea - sy
air.
ea - sy ea - sy
of
de - li - ri ous burn - ing
heights
de - li - ri -ous burn - ing
the long,
through foot - less halls
the long,
air.
of
up
less halls
ver lark
or e - ven
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eag
eag
-
le
flew.
-
le
flew.
tres
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-
tres
-
lift - ing mind
passed
sanc
passed
sanc
lift - ing mind
-
ti - ty
-
ti - ty
while
of
of
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with
i've
trod the
I've
si
-
-
lent
lent
( = )
space,
high;
high
un -
trod the
si
with
And, while
lif - ting mind; with si - lent
lift - ing mind; with si - lent
And,
space,
high; the high un -
( = ca 80)
Put
Put
out
out
my
my
Put
hand;
hand;
Put
touched
touched
touched
out
out
my
hand;
hand:
my
touched
touched
the
the
Put
Put
face
face
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out
of
of
my
out
my
hand
hand
God.
God.
and
and
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