The Michael PaumanokSongbookShapiroPressMusicPublishersChappaqua,NewYork
Contents CANCIÓNES 1. Farewell .............................................................................................................. 1 2. The Spinster at Mass .......................................................................................... 3 3. It Is True ............................................................................................................ 5 4. Silly Song ........................................................................................................... 8 5. Rider’s Song ..................................................................................................... 10 DUBLIN SONGS 1. Song from A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man ........................................... 14 2. Strings in the Earth and Air .............................................................................. 17 3. O Cool is the Valley Now ................................................................................. 20 4. All day I hear the noise of waters ...................................................................... 22 5. Because your voice was at my side .................................................................... 26 6. A Lover’s Tale ................................................................................................... 29 7. In the dark pine-wood ...................................................................................... 32 8. Lightly come or lightly go ................................................................................ 37 9. Love came to us in time gone by ...................................................................... 41 10. O, it was out by Donnycarney ........................................................................ 43 11. Rain has fallen all the day ............................................................................... 44 12. Sleep now, O sleep now .................................................................................. 47 WORDSWORTH SONGS 1. My Heart Leaps Up When I Behold ................................................................. 51 2. Andrew Jones ................................................................................................... 54 3. The Cottager to Her Infant .............................................................................. 62 4. Composed Upon Westminster Bridge, Sept. 3, 1802 ........................................ 65
EROTIC SONGS 1. The Man Under the Bed .......................................................................................70 2. Bedtime ................................................................................................................78 3. The Mutes .............................................................................................................81 SONGS FOR AMERICAN POETS 1. Grass .....................................................................................................................91 2. Noon Song ............................................................................................................95 3. From Song of Myself .............................................................................................99 WHITMAN SONGS 1. As Adam Early in the Morning ............................................................................107 2. A Farm Picture ....................................................................................................109 3. Look Down, Fair Moon ......................................................................................111
Slowly ( = 63–66) simply If I die, leave the bal co ny o pen Voice Piano The lit tle boy is eat ing o ran ges V Pno 5 poco accel. (From my atempo bal co ny I can see him.) The V Pno ten 8 Canciones Copyright © 2020 by Michael Shapiro (ASCAP) All Rights Reserved FEDERICO GARCÍA LORCA Translation byW S Merwin MICHAEL SHAPIRO (1986) 1. Farewell
Moderately slow and sardonic ( = 76) Be ad lib. neath the Mo ses Voice Piano of the in cense, poco rit. drows ing. atempo V Pno 4 un poco cresc riten. = 66 Bull slightly detached eyes ob serve you your ro sa ry rain ing. V Pno 9 FEDERICO GARCÍA LORCA Translation by Edwin Honig MICHAEL SHAPIRO 2.The Spinster at Mass
Very slowlywith great intensity ( = 58 60) Oh, what an ef fort it Voice Piano * is to love you as I V. Pno 4 do! For love of you the V Pno 7 * using tense ngertips, strike the lowest ve or six strings with pedal sustained FEDERICO GARCÍA LORCA Translation by Harriet de Onfs MICHAEL SHAPIRO 3. It IsTrue
Moderately,with motion ( = 78) Ma plaintively ma, I wish I were sil ver Voice Piano dolce Son, you’d be ve ry V. Pno 5 cold. Ma ma, I wish I were V Pno 10 FEDERICO GARCÍA LORCA Translation by Harriet de Onfs MICHAEL SHAPIRO 4. Silly Song
Grave and majestic ( = 56) Cór do ba Far a way and a Voice Piano ten lone. Black misterioso po ny, big misterioso V Pno 4 moon, and o lives in my sad dle bag. V Pno 7 FEDERICO GARCÍA LORCA Translation by Stephen Spender and J L Gili MICHAEL SHAPIRO 5. Rider’s Song
Andante ma nontroppo ( = 69) Piano sim semplice Ding dong! The cas tle bell! V Pno 5 riten. atempo cresc un poco Fare well, my V. Pno non accel. 8 Dublin Songs Copyright © 1983 by Michael Shapiro (ASCAP) All Rights Reserved JAMES JOYCE MICHAEL SHAPIRO (1983) 1. Song from A Portrait of the Artist as aYoung Man
Moderato ( = c.108) Strings in the earth and air Make maestoso Voice Piano L H mu sic sweet; Strings by the poco accel. riv er where the wil poco riten. lows meet V Pno 5 Meno mosso ( = c.76) cantabilePno 9 JAMES JOYCE MICHAEL SHAPIRO 2. Strings in the earth and air
Slowly butwith motion semplice O cool is the val ley now and there, love, will we Voice Piano go For man y a choir is sing ing now V Pno 4 Where Love did some time go. And non rit. hear you not the V Pno 7 JAMES JOYCE MICHAEL SHAPIRO 3. O Cool is theValley Now
With motion ( = 84) All day I hear the dolce Voice Piano cresc poco cresc. poco noise of wa poco rall. ters mak poco rall. ing V. Pno 4 moan, Sad atempo as the sea bird is V Pno 7 JAMES JOYCE MICHAEL SHAPIRO 4.All day I hear the noise of waters
With energy ( = 126) Be angrily cause your agitated Voice Piano cresc poco voice was at my side più I V. Pno 4 gave him pain più Be cause with in V Pno 7 JAMES JOYCE MICHAEL SHAPIRO 5. Because your voice was at my side
Moderately fast O Sweet heart, hear you your Voice Piano dim molto lov er’s tale; A man shall have sor rows when friends him V Pno 4 fail A bit slower For he shall know then V Pno 7 JAMES JOYCE MICHAEL SHAPIRO 6.A Lover’sTale
Moderatelywith motion cantabile Piano piùPno 3 In the dark pine wood I would we V Pno 5 JAMES JOYCE MICHAEL SHAPIRO 7. In the dark pine-wood
Quickly Light ly come or light ly go: semplice Voice Piano Though thy heart pres age thee woe, Vales and man y a wast ed sun, O V. Pno [4] read let thy laugh ter run, Till the ir rev er ent moun tain air Rip ple V Pno 7 JAMES JOYCE MICHAEL SHAPIRO 8. Lightly come or lightly go
Moderately ( = 76) Love came to us in Voice Piano cresc. poco a poco time gone by When poco one at twi light shy ly played And one in V Pno 4 fear was stand ing nigh For Love at first is all a fraid. V Pno 7 JAMES JOYCE MICHAEL SHAPIRO 9. Love came to us in time gone by
Andante ( = 76) semplice Rain has fal len all the day O semplice e tranquillo Voice Piano come a mong the lad en trees: The leaves lie thick up on the V. Pno 4 way Of memo ries. Stay ing a lit tle by the V Pno 7 JAMES JOYCE MICHAEL SHAPIRO 11. Rain has fallen all the day
Moderately slow Voice Piano Sleep now, O sleep V. Pno 5 now, O you un qui et heart! A V Pno 9 JAMES JOYCE MICHAEL SHAPIRO 12. Sleep now, O sleep now
poco a poco cre scen do Andante My heart leaps up sempre legato Voice Piano cre scen do poco a poco poco dim when I be hold A rain bow in the sky: V Pno 4 dim un poco cresc poco So was it when my life be gan; V. Pno 7 Wordsworth Songs Copyright © 1987 by Michael Shapiro (ASCAP) All Rights Reserved WILLIAMWORDSWORTH MICHAEL SHAPIRO (1987) 1. My Heart Leaps UpWhen I Behold
Allegro molto e agitato quasi parlando I hate that An drew Jones; he’ll breed his chil dren up Voice Piano to waste and pil lage, I wish the pess gang or the drum V. Pno 5 Would, with its rat tling mu sic, come, V. Pno 9 WILLIAMWORDSWORTH MICHAEL SHAPIRO 2.Andrew Jones
Andantino semplice The days are cold, the nights are long, The north wind sings a semplice Voice Piano dole ful song; Then hush a gain u pon my breast; All mer ry things are V. Pno 4 new at rest, Save thee, my pret ty Love! V Pno 8 WILLIAMWORDSWORTH MICHAEL SHAPIRO 3.The Cottager to Her Infant
Maestoso Piano Earth has not a ny thing to show more V. Pno 3 cresc. poco a poco cresc. poco a poco fair; Dull would he be of soul who could pass by V Pno 5 WILLIAMWORDSWORTH MICHAEL SHAPIRO 4. Composed UponWestminster Bridge, Sept. 3, 1802
Moderatelywith motion = 76 cantando e liberamente The man un der the bed. The man who has been there for years wait ing. Voice Piano The man who waits for my float ing bare foot The man who is V Pno 5 si lent sub. as dust balls rid ing the dark ness The man whose V Pno 8 Copyright © 1987 by Michael Shapiro All Rights Reserved Erotic Songs ERICA MANN JONG MICHAEL SHAPIRO 1.The Man Under the Bed
Delicately ( = c.76–80) calmo ed ad libitum Voice Piano calmo ed ad libitum We are a mead ow where the bees hum, V. Pno 5 un poco espressivo mind and bo dy are al most one un poco espressivo V. Pno 8 DENISE LEVERTOV MICAHEL SHAPIRO 2. Bedtime
port. g liss. g liss. g liss. Allegro agitato ma nontroppo poco riten. Those Voice Piano con pedale port passionato groans men use pass ing a wo man on the V Pno 3 gliss. street or on the steps of atempo the V. Pno ad libitum 5 DENISE LEVERTOV MICHAEL SHAPIRO 3.The Mutes
Allegro moderato with rage Pile the Voice Piano bo dies high at Aus ter litz and Wa ter loo, V Pno 4 Sho vel them un der and let me work I am the V Pno 7 Copyright © 1973 by Michael Shapiro (ASCAP) All Rights Reserved CARL SANDBURG Songs for American Poets MICHAEL SHAPIRO (1973) to Harris Poor 1. Grass
Moderately,butwith motion Voice Piano (stop string) Where ho ly you be hold, V. Pno sotto voce 4 in the place where the sun riten. ris es V Pno 8 TETON SIOUX MICHAEL SHAPIRO (1973) 2. Noon Song
Moderately,butwith motion semplice Twen ty eight young men bathe by the shore; Twen ty eight young men, and rmly Voice Piano all so friend ly: Twen ty eight years of wo man ly life, and V. Pno 4 all so lone some. un poco più mosso poco riten. V. Pno 7 WALTWHITMAN MICHAEL SHAPIRO (1973) 3. From Song of Myself
Andante ( = 80) As A dam, as A dam, ear maestoso e legatissimo Baritone Piano ly in the morn ing, espressivo Bar. Pno 5 Walk ing forth from the bow er, re freshed with sleep; Bar Pno 8 Copyright © 2019 by Michael Shapiro All Rights Reserved WALTWHITMAN MICHAEL SHAPIRO Whitman Songs 1.As Adam Early in the Morning
Lento Through calmo the am ple o pen Baritone Piano strike with pedal down; sustain chiaro door of the peace ful coun try barn, A Bar. Pno 3 sun lit pas ture field with cat tle and hor ses Bar Pno 6 WALTWHITMAN MICHAEL SHAPIRO 2.A Farm Picture
Lentotriste Look down, fair moon, Baritone Piano tranquillo and bathe this scene; Bar Pno 4 Pour soft ly down night’s Bar. Pno delicato 7 WALTWHITMAN MICHAEL SHAPIRO 3. Look Down, Fair Moon