to Lynn Elfert
Manners Elizabeth Bishop
Lee Hoiby (1990)
Moderato ( = 80)
My
grand fa ther said to
me
as we sat
on the wa gon seat,
3
"Be sure to re mem ber
to al ways speak
to eve
ry
one you
meet."
6
We
met a stran
ger
on
foot.
My
grand
9
"Manners" from THE COMPLETE POEMS 1927-1979 by Elizabeth Bishop. © Copyright 1979, 1983 by Alice Helen Methfessel. Reprinted by permission of Farrar, Straus & Giroux, Inc.
© Copyright 1994 by Southern Music Publishing Co., Inc. International Copyright Secured. Printed in U.S.A. All Rights Reserved.
fa ther’s whip tapped
his
2
hat. "Good day, sir.
Good
day.
I
and bowed
A
fine
day."
And
11
said it
where I
sat.
Then
13
we
o ver took a
boy we
knew
with his big
pet
crow
on his shoul
der.
15
"Al
17
ways
of
fer
eve
ry
one
a
ride;
don’t
for get
7
Filling Station Elizabeth Bishop
Lee Hoiby
Moderato ( = 108)
marc.
secco
distastefully
Oh,
but it is
dir
ty!
this
lit tle
fill ing
sta
tion,
3
port.
oil
soaked,
oil
per
me a
ted
to
3
a
dis
5
turb
ing,
o
ver
all
black
trans
lu
cen
cy.
8
"Filling Station" from THE COMPLETE POEMS 1927-1979 by Elizabeth Bishop. Š Copyright 1979, 1983 by Alice Helen Methfessel. Reprinted by permission of Farrar, Straus & Giroux, Inc.
Š Copyright 1994 by Southern Music Publishing Co., Inc. International Copyright Secured. Printed in U.S.A. All Rights Reserved.
Be care ful with that
8
match!
Fa ther wears a
dir
ty,
oil
soaked
11
monkey suit
that cuts him un der the
arms,
and several quick and saucy
and greasy
14
cresc.
sons
as
sist
him
(it’s
a
fa
mi
ly
fill
ing sta
17
ritenuto
all
20
A tempo
quite
thoroughly
dir ty.
Do they live
in the station?
tion),
13
Insomnia Elizabeth Bishop
Lee Hoiby
Slow blues
3
The moon
mir ror
looks
out
in
a mil
lion
the bur
eau
miles
4
3
(and
perhaps
with
pride,
at herself,
but she
never, never
smiles)
8
far
3
and a
way
be
yond
sleep,
12
"Insomnia" from THE COMPLETE POEMS 1927-1979 by Elizabeth Bishop. © Copyright 1979, 1983 by Alice Helen Methfessel. Reprinted by permission of Farrar, Straus & Giroux, Inc.
© Copyright 1994 by Southern Music Publishing Co., Inc. International Copyright Secured. Printed in U.S.A. All Rights Reserved.
or
perhaps
she’s a daytime
14
sleep
er.
By
the U
niverse
de
16
3
ser ted,
she’d
tell it
to go to hell,
19
3
port.
and she’d find
a bod
on
which
y
of
wa
ter,
or
a
mir
ror,
21
24
to
dwell.
So