A Mother's Lament For the Death of Her Son Robert Burns (1788)
Shawn Kirchner
mp poco a poco cresc. e accel. T I/II Fate gave the word, the ar - row sped,
q = 72
And with him
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Life
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and with him all
mp
and with him all
Y
O
the joys are fled Life can
to
the joys are fled Life can
to
And pierc'd my
and with him
the joys are fled,
me
mp
fled,
can to
ling's
poco rit.
And with him all
the joys are fled
mp
the joys are
B II
BI
all
S
heart;
T I/II
mf espress.
all 9
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f
mf espress.
the ar - row sped,
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heart; f
Fate gave the word,
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A tempo
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mp poco a poco cresc. e accel.
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And pierc'd my dar
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B I/II
poco rit.
me im
me im
im - part.
-
part.
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par(t).
pp
mm
(don't pronounce the "t")
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cresc.
By cru - el hands
the sap - ling
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In
dust
drops,
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pride
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of all my hopes,
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mf
laid;
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so
fell the pride
of all my hopes,
our'd laid, in dust dis - hon - our'd laid; mp
In dust dis - hon - our'd laid,
So fell the pride
So fell the
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the sap - ling
dis - hon - our'd laid;
dust dis - hon
mf
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In
A
drops, cresc.
f
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hands
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By cru - el
ah
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p
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15
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(dim. becomes the hum)
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in dust
of all my hopes,
dis - hon - our'd
My
So fell all
my
hopes,
My
My
a
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a - ge's
a
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ge's
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o, do thou kind
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o,
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p
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love,
with him I p
do thou kind -
ly lay me low,
With him
I
love,
do thou kind -
ly
with
him
I
love,
with him I pp
with
love,
him
lay me low With him
at
I
love,
I
pp
love,
lay me
Poco a poco meno mosso al fine
P
59
mp
E
lay me low,
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O,
- ly
breast;
mp
A
55
my
blow.
mf molto espress.
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low,
bare
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I
O, do thou kind
breast;
f
thy fat - al
mf molto espress.
blow.
N
B I/II
thy fat - al
Death, oft I've feared
f
my
Death, oft I've feared
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mp cresc. e accel.
Now, fond, I
O
bare
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51 T I/II
Death, oft I've feared thy fat - al blow. mp cresc. e accel.
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mp poco a poco cresc. e accel.
Y
4
rest!
at
rest!