Lady Lazarus (Plath Songs) by ShawnKirchner

Shawn KirchnerSylvia Plath

        Copyright © 2013 by Shawn Kirchner Publishing, with permission of Faber and Faber Ltd. and the Estate of Sylvia Plath. Licensed copies available through www.ShawnKirchner.com Bass Drum Piano pp Presto q. = 116 pp cresc. poco a poco 5 fff secco 8 I f sempre marcato havedoneitagain.- Oneyearinev'ry- ten I I f sempre marcato havedoneitagain.- Oneyearinev'ry- ten I ff pff                                            Lady Lazarus

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          19 Do f Iterri-fy?Peel mp offthenapkin- O mf myen e-my.cresc. poco a poco f 22 The f nose, theeyepits,- thefullsetofteeth?The The f nose, theeyepits,- thefullsetofteeth?The f sour breathwillvanish-inaday. 25 sour breathwillvanish-inaday. ff           S, A   B only T, B                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              3 PERUSAL ONL

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          mf 27 Soon, mf soonthefleshthegravecaveate willbeathomeonme and Soon, mf soonthefleshthegravecaveate willbeathomeonme and mf 30 Iasmiling-woman.- Iamonly-thirty.- And like f thecatIhaveninetimesto Iasmiling-wowoman.- Iamonly-thirty.- Andlike f thecatIhaveninetimesto die. 33 die. ff                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          4 PERUSAL O

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    What p atrash Whatamillion,47 de cade. Whatamillion,- What f amillionlateeachdecade.- Whatamillion,late eachdecade.- What mf amillion,- What f amillionfil f a-ments.52 fila-ments.fil f a-ments.fila-ments.f                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 6 PERUSAL O

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    The f peanut-crunching- crowd(d) Shovesinto, 55 The f peanut-crunching- crowd(d) Shovesinto, The f peanut-crunching- crowdShoves, into, The f peanut-crunching- crowdShoves, shoves, f shoves f into, shoves mf intoseeThemunwrap-mehandandfoot---- The mp bigstrip Take a little time 59 shoves f into, shoves mf intosee... mp Thebigstrip shoves f into, shoves mf intosee... mp Thebigstrip shoves mf intosee mpmf Them unwrap-me, The big mp strip niente                       2                                       2                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               7 PERUSAL

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        sfzp slow cresc. mpp dim. poco a poco A tempo 65 tease. pp tease.Gen mp exhausted tle-men,- ladies- ThesearemyhandsMyknees. I tease. pp tease. pp I mp molto sostenuto 70 may beskin andbone,bone,(n) Never-the-less,- Iamthesame, iden-ti-calmay beskin andbone,bone,(n) Never-the-less,- Iamthesame, iden-ti-cal long, like a circus drum roll        22222         2        A 22222  B 22222                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   8 PERUSAL O

        niente <q.=q>B74 woman.woman.<q.=q>B pp p The child-like, airy, disembodied firsttimeithappened-Iwasten. Itwasanacci-dent.79 The mp second-timeImeantTolastitoutandnotcomebackatall. 83                                           S only     S, A                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         9 PERUSAL ONLY

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        pp 88 Irockedshut Asaseashell.- They pp hadtocallandcall They pp hadtocallandcall dim. poco a poco al niente ppp 96 Andpicktheworms offmelikesticky-pearls. Andpicktheworms offmelikesticky-pearls.    33                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        10 PERUSAL O

        Dy pp ing-isanart,likeev'ry-thing-else.Idoitexcep-tion-al-ly-well.Idoitsoitfeelslikehell.I 103 Dy pp ing-isanart,likeev'ry-thing-else.Idoitexcep-tion-al-ly-well.Idoitsoitfeelslikehell.I doitsoitfeelsreal.IguessyoucouldsayI'veacall. It's pp easy-enough-todoitinacell. 108 doitsoitfeelsreal. It'seasy-enough-todoit... pp 113 It'seasy-enough-todoitandstayput. It's pp thethea-tri-cal- comebackIt'seasy-enough-todoit... It's pp thethea-tri-cal- comeback           SPOKEN (under the breath, not projecting, approximately at the written pitch) 333333  333333      3 only half-sung Easing into singing 3333  3  Still spoken, hardly heard 333       33 3  Even fainter Now sung33                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          11 PERUSAL ONLY

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        cresc. poco a poco <q=q.> Poco a poco accel. 118 in p broad day Tothesame place, thesame face thesame (m) bruteamused-shout: 'A sub. f in p broad day Tothesame place, thesame face thesame (m) bruteamused-shout: 'A sub. f <q=q.> Tempo primo (q. = c. 116)C123 p mira-cle!'- That mf knocksmeout. mira-cle!'- That mf knocksmeout. there mp marc. isa mira-cle!'- There p ma marcato isacharge Fortheeyeing-ofmyscars,there mp isa fp C                                 3222  3   222                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          12 PERUSA

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        mpfmf 127 And mf thereisachargeaverychargeForthehearing-ofmyheart--itreally goes. f chargeForthehearing-ofmyheart--itreally goes. f Andthereisachargeaverympmf ff 132 largecharge ...aword...atouchorabitofbloodOr sub. ff apieceofmyhairormyclothes. largechargeForawordoratouchorabitofbloodOr sub. ff apieceofmyhairormyclothes. ff                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   13 PERUSA

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        mff 136 So, mf so,HerrDoktor.- So, f HerrEne-my.So, mf so,HerrDoktor.- So, f HerrEne-my.fmff 141 I amyouropus,-I amyourvalua-ble,- The sub. p I amyouropus,-I amyourvalua-ble,- The sub. p sub. p                                                                                          sharp                    2       2    2   gliss.   gliss. gliss.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 14 PERUSAL O

      f 144 pure gold baby- Thatmelts toashriek. f pure gold baby- Thatmelts toashriek. f I mf I mf f turn and burn, I turn and burn. 146 turnand burn, turn and burn. mf                          22  222222          222222                                                                                                                                                                     15 PERUSAL ONLY

      Do mf notthinkIunder- est -i-mate- yourgreatcon 148 Do mf notthinkIunder- est -i-mate- yourgreatcon DoDo mf notthinkIunder- est -i-mate- yourgreatcon Do mf notthinkIunder- est -i-mate- yourgreatcon mf 149 cern. ff (yourgreatcon cern.) cern. ff yourgreatcon cern. cern. ff cern. ff ff                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  16 PERUSAL ONLY

Ash,

Flesh,bone,thereisnothing-there-

Ash,

Flesh,bone,nothing- there-

Ash,

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      f 151

f ash-Youpokeandstir.

A mp

f ash-pokeandstir,

f dim. poco a poco mp cakeofsoap,A p wedding-ring, A pp goldfilling.Allargando poco a poco153 cake mp ofsoap, wed p ding-ring, A pp goldfilling.cake mp ofsoap, wed p ding-ring, A pp goldfilling.ppp                                                                                   B only                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          17 PERUSAL O

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        pp Tempo primo (q. = 116)157 pp cresc. poco a poco 161 fff D 164 Herr ff God,HerrLu ci-fer-Beware- Beware.Herr ff God,HerrLu ci-fer-Beware- Beware.ff pff                                       S 2  A  2                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           18 PERUSAL O

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    pp 168 Out f oftheashI Out rise f oftheashI Out f oftheash I Out rise. oftheash I Out f oftheash I rise. pp poco a poco cresc.                                                                                                                         19 PERUSAL O

    mpmfff Poco allargando A tempo171 Out f oftheash ff Out I ofthe rise, ash I, Out ff oftheashI rise, Out oftheash I ff Out rise, oftheash I, Out ff oftheashI rise. Out ff oftheashI Out ff oftheashI fff Poco allargando A tempo                                                                                                                                                                                             20 PERUSAL ONLY

    pfff 174 rise withmyred hair And risewithmyredhair And risewithmyredhair And risewithmyredhair And                                                                                                                                                            21 PERUSAL ONLY

        177 I eat men like I eat men like I eat men like I eat men like ff 179 air. air. air. air. ff                                                                                               morph into scream   morph into scream                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   22 PERUSAL ONLY