O Great Spirit

      Copyright©2008byShawnKirchnerPublishing,availablethroughwww.shawnkirchner.com ChiefYellowLark(LakotaAmericanIndian) ShawnKirchner OGreat Spirit Flute 7 13 18  Withreverence q =84-88 p     niente    p p   *    O Sopranos&Altos mp GreatSpir it, whosevoiceIhearinthewind, OGreatSpir it,  p p p      whosebreathgiveslifetoalltheworld, hear me. I p am  p                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              PERUSAL ONLY

      23 27 31     I mp am  smalland weak, Ineedyourstrength andwisdom. Iam  p     smalland weak, Ineedyourstrength cresc. andwisdom.  smalland weak, Ineedyourstrength andwisdom.  mp      Let mf mewalkinbeauty andmakemyeyesbehold the cresc.  Letmewalkinbeauty andmakemyeyesbehold the  mf                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  2 PERUSAL ONLY

    35 39  red andpur ple sun set.  red andpur ple sun set.         Make f myhandsrespect thethingsyouhavemade,andmyearssharptohear your  Oo andmyearssharptohear, my              my f  f sonoro                                                                                                                                                                                  3 PERUSAL ONLY

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        51 56   mp  Sopranos&Altos O mp GreatSpir it, whose cresc. voiceIhearinthewind, O mf Great  O Tenors&Basses mp GreatSpir it, whose cresc. voiceIhearinthewind, O mf GreatSpir it,  mp mf  (sostenuto)    mf f  Spir Sopranos it, whose cresc. breathgiveslifetoalltheworld, hear f me.  Spir Altos it, whose cresc. breathgiveslifetoalltheworld, hear f me. I p am  whose cresc. breathgiveslifetoalltheworld, hear f me.  cresc. poco a poco f     (releasesostenuto)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                5 PERUSAL ONLY

    61 66     mp Iamsmall and weak,  smalland weak, Ineedyourstrengthandwisdom. I mp amsmall and weak,       mp Iamsmall and weak,        p poco cresc. mp     Ineed cresc. yourstrength andwisdom. mf MakemewisethatImayunder  Ineed cresc. yourstrengthandwisdom. mf MakemewisethatImayunder    Ineed cresc. yourstrengthandwisdom. mf MakemewisethatImayunder      mf espress.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       6 PERUSAL ONLY

    72 77  stand thethingsyouhavetaught mypeo ple.  stand thethingsyouhavetaught mypeo ple.    stand thethingsyouhavetaught mypeople.  mf thethingsyouhavetaught mypeople.     Let f melearn thelessons-youhavehidden mf inev'ry leaf and  Let f me learn thelessons-youhave hidden inev'ry leaf, in    Let f melearn thelessons-youhavehidden   Let melearn thelessons-youhavehidden mf in  f molto espress. sub. meno forte, leggiero                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         7 PERUSAL ONLY

    82 85  rock, dim. poco a poco inev'ry leaf and rock, in  ev'ry leaf and rock, inev'ry leaf and    inev'ry leaf and rock, in  ev'ry leaf and rock, inev'ry leaf and  dim. poco a poco     ev' ry leaf and rock.  rock, inleaf and rock.    ev' ry leaf and rock.  rock, inleaf and rock.                                                                                                                                                         8 PERUSAL ONLY

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