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Dedicated to Anna
A North Country Maid up to London had strayed Although with her nature it did not agree; So she wept and she sighed and bitterly she cried Oh I wish once again for the North Country. (CHORIJS: For the Oak and the Ash and the Bonnie Ivy Tree They all flourish at home in the North Country.
1.
2. While sadly I roam, I regret my dear home Where the lads and young lasses are making the huy; Where the birds sweetly sing and the merry bells do ring And the maidens and meadows are pleasant and gay (CHORUS).
3. No doubt if I please I could marry with ease; Where maidens are fair many lovers will come; But he that I wed must be North Country bred, And earry me back to my own country (CHORLIS).
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SOPRANO
(lesl -
A North Coun-try
ALTO
"Coun-try Maid,
TENOR
f-
'-
#C
strayedo
with
her
nX =#? ture rt
BASS
poco
tempo
did
not
a- gree;
so
bit - ter- lv
la- mentl
oh!
A
a a
her
re
- pent- and
so
bit - ter- ly
la-merff?ont
nlf u-
eH
4
wish
"!f, -V.
gain for the North
once
a-
Coun
try; J Oh
c-
the
Oak
and the
wish
once a -
\=#
North
and the
North
try.
North
Coun
try.
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bon - nie
vy
Tree,
They
all
flou
rish at home
in the North
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f,
tt.
bon -
*e
fi
flou
qr #7
rish a t
home
A
at home
in the
North- Coun
try
A
the North
Coun
try.
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gret my dear home;
p
(mm)
4
and young
P(mm)
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lass
ses are
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ma
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king
-f the huy;
the
huy;
lads
and young
lass
es
are
iirak
ing
the
Huy;
and the
4,
mer {ry bells
/f-For the
and
gay;
Ware pleas
t-3 -l
ant and
gay.
the
,n/A
Oakand- the Ash" and the Bon - nie I - vy
ree;
rish at ome ln my
3-r
,AA
They
lgl
nuo
and
the 3-r
Ash.-
-vy Tree;
in my
fr" OaL
I-
vy
Tree;-
at home
in my
f
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andthe
my
Adagietto apiacere
North
Coun - try.
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North Coun
p
trv. (mm)
North Coun
try.
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North
Coun
try.
(mm)
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doubt
if I please,
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(mm)
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//
and-
(mm)
But-
he that I
bred;
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tr-
(mm)
l'.
(mm),A -
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//
lo - vers
will
come;
\y
//
(mm)
4
ry
me
Coun
rallentando
try.
back
to
my
own
try.
ry
back
my
own
coun
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me
back
Pro
my
own_
coun
try.
A
my
own
coun
try.
Dedicated to Marie
Rosebud in June
Traditional Somerset Folksong
Many broadsheet folksong texts - and poetry - of the 17th and 18th centuries tended to romanticize and sentimentalizethe imagined world of the rural lower clesses. Similarly, artists were fond of painting idealised cottage scenes as a form of escapism from the "dark satanic mills" of industrial towns. [n "Rosebud in June" there is none of the frequent darkness and bitterness of allegorical political lyrics of earlier times. This innocent but passionate Somerset melody, with its hints of West Country accent in its rhyming, was thought to bestow blessings on flocks and crops.
It's a Rosebud in June And violets in full bloom; And the small birds singing Love songs on each spray. We'll pipe and we'll sing, love, We'll dance in a ring, love, When each lad takes his lass All on the green grass; And it's "All to plough" Where the fat oxen graze low, And the lads and the lasses To sheep-shearing go. (An.) Peter Gore-Symes 2009,2011 (lesr )
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nw - (Small
f
ALTO
]|t', a Rose-bud
in
June"
and-
birds
(mm)
(ah)
(Small-
birds
TENOR
\--l
(ah)
And
BASS
poco rit.
tempo
,-,
a
sing - ing)
(ah)
sing tou:,
w@n)
sing - ing)
(ah)
(ah)
T-t
in
(ah)
poco rit.
tempo
(ah)
mf green
"
grass;
And it's
,
"All-
ring,
love;
green
And it's
"All-
/wt
"n
\-/
And it's
"All-
to
-.---Z plough"-
Where the
fat-
ox
en
low; And
the
A
to
plough"-
(ah)
o
gtaze_ low;
\,
A
gtaze
ploughplough-
(ah)
low;
A
graze
low;
lads-
and
the
lass
eS'
to-
sheep
shear
- ing
go!
A
lass
///r
sheepshear
CS
ing
go!
A
lass
CS
A
sheep
shear
ing
go!
A
lass
//a
sheep
es
shear
- ing
go!
Dedicated to Ir{icolette
Bonny atMorn
Trad it ional Northumbr ion F ol ks ong
"Bonnie at Morn" was originally an instrumental melody for the charismatic north-eastern bagpipe. Words were added later, but singers often still enjoy the habit of extemponzing characteristically wide bagpipe-like omaments. The song tells the story of an exasperated mother who lovingly chides her children for sleeping in too long and neglecting their farm duties.
1. The sheep are in the meadow and the coh's [:cow] in the corn, Thou's o'wer laing in thy bed, Bonny at Mom. [repeat these two lines] (cHoRrJs) Canny at night, bonny at morn Thou's o'wer laing in thy bed, Bonny at Morn.
2. We're aJaid idle with the keeping of the baim [:baby] The lad will nae work and the lass will nae lairn. [repeat these two lines]
(cHoRUS)
3. The birdie's in the nest and the trout is in the burn [-stream], Thou hinders thy mother at every turn. [repeat these two lines]
(cHoRrJS)
(An.)
Dolce expressivo ad libitum J , SOPRANO
on7 "7
tl'l
(resl
90
-)
coh's-
in the
ALTO
TEI{OR
BASS
dim.
1a
mr-mp
The
cornr_
Thou's-
Bon-ny at
Morn.-
A
\,-.J
Bon-ny
at
Morn.-
*--
ryBon ny at
Morn.-
\7
dim.
)
at
subito dolce
wer_
Morn.
fiun-ny
at
night,
Bon-ny
at
ry
Bon-ny
at
Morn.
Can-ny at
Bon-ny
at
Morn.
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Bon-nv
ry
at
rr f* Morn. "(ah)-
...-__-
A}
Morn;
Thou's
wer_
Morn.
4n, we're a
laid-
pu
Bon ny
at
p
-,4
Bon ny
at
Morn.
Pron-
ny
at Morn.
doloroso
|
id - le
,inil,
with the keep-ing of the bairn; The lad will nae- work" and the lass
will
\,
nae lairn;
4n,
lass
will
nae
ralrn;
,>--,
w will lass
nae
lairn:
\-i
subito dolce
bairn,
The-
\,
ry the and
calando
poco
A
\--l
lass will
nae
lairn:
-nCan-nv
,
at
night,
Bon-ny
at
Morn; Thou's
wer laing
p
lass will
nae
lairn; -,-?
Can-ny at
it'Lt \4
nrght-
Bon-ny
at --
Morn;
-_-
lass will
nae lairn;
Pp 'v
(ah)-
lass will
nae lairn;
ppv
(ah)-
Calando
Piil urgente
at
Morn.
ry{,
Bon -
ny
at
A)
ryBon nv
\--_-P
at
Morn.
frn"
ryp
Bon ny
at
Morn.-
nlf
ut
eve
ry-
turn
7;\-/
"!f at
,
e-
ve
ry-
turn
!-
'r*rllf--mf
rFl
eve
turn;
frn"
4'
every
turn;
dim.
"!f
nllf ->
everv
--
nest- and
\-/ the
trout's- in the
burn;
Thou-
\-,hin - ders
thy- mo-ther
at
everv --
ryfevery
crescendo
allargando
turn;
frun-
ny-
at
night,
Bon
ny
at-
Morn;
x--'->
turn;
Can
ny
at
"!f Bon ny
at
turn:
(ah)
(mm)
\_:
(ah)
meno mosso
calando
//
at
morendo
wer- laing
Morn.
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J
pl
at
IHrn.
ry\-:/
Bon
at
\7
Morn.
//
ry ny Bon
p
at
Morn.
Bon
ny at- M:*
//
//q
OSSIA
p
Bon
ny
at
Morn.-
Bon -
ny
at
Dedicated to Dale
h F olkson g
This was described by Cecil Sharp, that inveterate collector of British folk music, as "the most perfect folksong". Mostly in a catchy 5-beat pattern of 2+3, its timeless story of "boy-meets-girl" is self-explanatory: never was a courtship quite as metoric as this.
1. As I went out one May morning, One May morning betime, I met a maid from home had strayed Just as the sun did shine.
2. What makes you rise so soon, ffiy dear, Yourjourney to pursue? Your pretfy little feet they tread so sweet, Strike off the morning dew. 3. I'm going to feed my father's flock, His young and tender lambs, That over hills and over dales Lie waiting for their dams. 4. O stay! O stay! you handsome maid
I'd rather rest on a true love's breast Than any other where. 6. For I am thine and thou art mine; No man shall uncomfort thee. We'll join our hands in wedded bands and-a married we shall be.
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ALTO
TENOR
mor- ning, BASS time,
(ah)-
(be
time)
p
(ah)
,J
met a maid- from- home had
stray'd, Just
as the
sun- did
shine.-
(met maid)
(as
sun-
did shine)
(ah)
(mm)
soon
my
dear?
Yourjour-ney
to-
so
sweeto Strike
(pur
sue)
(tread so sweet)
mfirr
['m going
to
feed
._J
fath-er's
ock)
(ten -
der lambs)
off
mor-ning dew.
.J
o-ver
hills-
and
\-: hills-
wait- ing
"tf o
stay,
stay, you
'!f'g
stay, o
T3-r
hand- some
maid
and rest a
For
-^
stay- you hand some maid; rnr|
(rest
73
mo-ment here)
A,
you a- lone that
33
a tempo
\-/ I do love so
'mT
dear.
"
(sun doth
shine)
How plea-sant
is- the
A love so
dear.
(sun
doth
shine)
Plea-sant
is-
the
,J
do love
so
tf-
sun
doth
shine,
A,
Iove so
f7\'/Y4 dear.u
r-3
How glor-ious
ly-
the-
sun
doth
p
shine;
(mm
Giocoso
air:
I'd
rath-er
."r* rtA
aff;
ra-ther rest
breast
oth-
er-
\-,-
where
,A
air)
ra-ther rest
reast
oth-er
where
f;,
fro,
\ir'
air)
ra-ther rest
breast-
oth- er
where
funa
thou
art
mine;
7-
mlne:
arn
thine
thee:
am thine
No
Adagio
hands
and-a
mar
ried
shal
fn u'-be
6hands
and-a
mar
ried
\--./ we_
shall
wed
ded
ried
shall-
be!
A<
wed - ded
bands:
and-a
mar - ried
we-
shall-
be!