The Gallant Weaver

The Gallant Weaver for SATB choir with piano

Text by Robert Burns

Dennis Tobenski

The Gallant Weaver Where Cart rins rowin' to the sea, By mony a flower and spreading tree, There lives a lad, the lad for me, He is a gallant Weaver.

O, I had wooers aught or nine, They gied me rings and ribbons fine; And I was fear'd my heart wad tine, And I gied it to the Weaver.

My daddie sign'd my tocher-band, To gie the lad that has the land, But to my heart I'll add my hand, And give it to the Weaver.

While birds rejoice in leafy bowers, While bees delight in opening flowers, While corn grows green in summer showers, I love my gallant Weaver.

Robert Burns (1759 – 1796)

This piece is an arrangement of the song “The Gallant Weaver” from my song cycle And He’ll Be Mine, originally composed in 2005 for tenor and piano.

- Dennis Tobenski, April 2011

The Gallant Weaver for SATB choir and piano

Robert Burns

   Soprano     

q = 63

     

Alto



     



     Piano

   

Pno.

   

  

mf

 

Cart

 

 

     

   

By

mo -ny_a flower



By

3



  

3



  

and spread- ing tree,

mo -ny_a flower

3

  



and spread- ing tree,

   

mo -ny_a flower

  

3



and spread- ing tree,

 

  

    

  



  

  

 



 

   

Copyright © 2011 Dennis M. Tobenski

  

    

  

Cart



rins row - in'

   

 

Cart





rins row - in'

  

 

 

 





mp

and spread- ing tree,

mo -ny_a flower

     

 



rins row - in'

   

Where mf

 

   

to the sea,



   

  

     

By

to the sea,

 

  

   

 

Where

 

    

   

By

    



 

     



      

 







to the sea,

    B.  

    

mf

7

T.







mf

Where

    

  S.      

 





q = 63

    

A.





      

Tenor

Bass



DENNIS TOBENSKI (2005, arr. 2011)

     

 

There lives a lad,

the

     

 

There lives a lad,

the

     

 

There lives a lad,

the

      

 

There lives a lad,

the

      



 

   



6

  S.    



lad

for

     lad



for





     





 

lad

for

me,

    





for

me,

11

A.

T.

B.

lad

      Pno.

I





    

aught

had woo ers

aught

      

I

had woo ers

aught

                had woo - ers

aught

or nine,

              Pno.

    

     



 



 



O,



    He



is

is

      He

    

 

 

    

 

 

a gal- lant

Weav

a gal- lant

    

is

   a gal- lant

      

    

       

    

 



     

 

  

 



He

had woo ers

I

B.

me,

      

17

T.



me,

      

  S.     

A.



Weav

 

  

     

  

     

or nine,

They

or nine,

They

or nine,

They

 

They gied me

     

 

rings

   

O,

 



 

   

    

     

     

and rib -bons

   

      

   

fine;

    

   fine;

And I was

     

   

 

fine;

  

and rib - ons



fine;

and rib -bons

   



  

and rib -bons

 

gied me rings

  

- er.

 

gied me rings



- er.

 

gied me rings

    

 



     

  

O,

 



 



- er.

 

Weav

  

 





 

  S.      21

A.

T.

B.

                 

7 f

  

 



And I was fear'd f

 



 

And









ff

mp



my

wad

tine,





heart ff

wad

tine,





heart ff

wad

tine,





heard

wad

tine,

   



my

   



was fear'd

my

   



   



I was fear'd

fear'd And I

     

heart

I was fear'd

f

  



my



And f

ff

And

I

gied it

to

 

  S.        25



 

   



 

 



 



 





 





 



 







 

 

 

mf

   

Weav er.

A.

T.

B.

              



    



 

 mf

   



     

My dad - die sign'd my toch - er - band,



    mf



     

My dad - die sign'd my toch - er - band,

       Pno.

    

     

My dad - die sign'd my toch - er - band,



the

 

Pno.

    

   

  



To gie the lad



 

    

that has the

 



     

     

To gie the lad

     

To gie the lad

that has the



    that has the

   



                      

     



                      

 mf

8

  S.      29



land,

A.

T.

    



      

 

land,

B.

    



land,

           







But

to

my







But

to

my







But

to

my







But

to

my

f

 



heart f

 



heart f

 



heart f

 



heart





I'll

add

my







I'll

add

my







I'll

add

my







I'll

add

my

                

       





f

Pno.

           



  S.    

               

      

 



 





   

 



 





     hand,

 



 

33

hand,

A.

hand,

T.

B.

    

 



 

mp

  





And give it

to

 



 

the Weav - er.





hand,

       

 

          

  

   Pno.

 

   

 

 

 

    

 

 

mp

  S.    37

A.



   

 

B.

 





While birds

T.



re - joice

   

in



leaf - y

 





While birds



re - joice

in



bowers,

 

 

   









 

flowers,

A.





 



T.

    



   



 



flowers,

B.

 



flowers,

    

 

  







de - light





While bees

de - light





in



open - ing

 



open - ing

 in



open - ing

 in







open - ing

 

 





mf

f









While

corn

grows











green

 in

 sum -





corn

grows







While f

corn

grows







While

corn

grows

f









green

green

 green

 



in

 in



 in

 

mer

f

While

flowers,

in

de - light





de - light

 

Pno.









While bees mf

 





40

 





leaf - y



While bees mf

     

  S.    

 

bowers,





While bees mf

 



 









   

  

9

mf





 





 

sum -

sum -

 sum -

mer

mer



 

mer

 

f

Pno.

   



 





 

10

  S.      42







showers

A.

     

 

 



showers

T.

B.

             





 showers







showers

   

   

  

 Weav

B.



 

I f

love

I f

love







love

 



 

I

love

-

ff

rit.



my





 











 

 

 

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Weav ff

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Weav A tempo

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       

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 



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 

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 

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  

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 rit.

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Pno.

   

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mf

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gal - lant

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my

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  

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A tempo ff

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