Marshall THE ECHOING GREEN

ISSUU version Julian Marshall for perusal only

THE ECHOING GREEN for unison upper voices unaccompanied

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WILLIAM BLAKE

The Echoing Green ISSUU version for perusal only

JULIAN MARSHALL

q. = 48 mp

6 8

SOPRANO / ALTO

The Sun does a - rise, And make hap -py the skies. The mer - ry bells ring

To

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wel - come the Spring. The

sky - lark and

thrush,

poco rit.

8

loud - er

The birds

of

the bush,

a tempo

a - round, To the bells’ cheer - ful sound, While our sports shall be seen

On the

a tempo

poco rit.

11

Sing

mf

E - cho - ing Green, the

E - cho - ing Green.

Old John with white hair

does

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laugh

a - way care,

Sit - ting

un - der the

oak,

soon they all

say,

A

-

mong the old folk. They

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laugh

at our

play,

And

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Such, such were the joys, When we

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poco rit.

3

a tempo

21

mp

all, girls and boys,

In our youth time were seen

poco rit.

On the

E - cho - ing Green, the

a tempo p

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E - cho - ing Green.

Till the

lit - tle

ones

wear - y

No

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more can be mer - ry;

The

sun does des - cend, And our sports have an end: Round the

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laps of their moth - ers Ma - ny

poco rit.

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sis - ters and broth - ers, Like

birds in their nest,

Are

dark - en - ing Green,

the

Poco meno mosso

non cresc.

read - y

for

rest;

And

sport no more seen

On the

rall.

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dark - en - ing

Green,

the

dark - en - ing

Green.

Julian Marshall THE ECHOING GREEN for unison upper voices unaccompanied

ISSUU version for perusal only

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