Download Finale 2002 - [Poor Fish.MUS]

Poor Fish
voice and piano
This song sets six stanzas from a poem written by the actor Robin Bailey which was published in the Christmas 1991 edition of the Wandsworth Society Newsletter.
It was commissioned by Nick Bailey, his son, for performance at Robin Bailey's memorial service at St Paul's Church, Covent Garden, London, on 6 May 1999.
text: Robin Bailey
music: Paul Ayres
Medium tempo (in 2); always with rubato
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Mon-keys, gib-bons
3
and ba-boons Can
hum
(mm) quite
com-pli- ca-ted tunes;
3
p
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*
6
The
Hi- ma - la - yan
bear and ye-ti Har-mon - ise
(a little slower here, and in subsequent verses)
11
in Do - ni
-
zet - ti,
(or take these notes an octave higher)
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But
fish that in deep wa-ters feed
Sin-gen
nicht ein Schu - bert
p
* - the accompanist may sing the small notes
© Paul Ayres 1999. Please do not photocopy this music. Do the honest thing and order copies from the composer,
on 020 8632 1854, electronic mail [email protected], website http://www.paulayres.co.uk
16
(a tempo)
Lied.
mp
20
m
Wasps, with - out
a
sense
of
dan - ger
Fly, like moths,
to
Per - cy
Grain - ger;
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24
The
cab - bage white and
cloud - ed
yel - low
Bring fresh co - lour
to
"O - tel-lo"
p
29
But for
fish that in deepwa-ters lie
3
p
2
There's no Ent - führ-ung aus dem Ser
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