Pretty Saro

RP031

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Ian A. Cook 2016

rus

for SATB choir a capella with bass divisi

written for Aliro Voices, directed by Michael Jeffrey

Pretty Saro

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arranged from the traditional Appalachian folk tune

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Duration: 4'45"

RP031

Traditional Appalachian folk song text adapted by Ian A. Cook

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Pretty Saro

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Down in some lone valley, in a lonesome place, Where the wild birds do whistle and their notes do increase The thoughts of pretty Saro, I bid you adieu, And I’ll dream of pretty Saro wherever I go.

If I were a poet and could write some fine hand, I would write my love a letter that she’d understand And send it by the waters where the island o’erflows, And I’d think of pretty Saro wherever I go.

My love, she won’t have me, this I understand, She wants a freeholder and I have no land.

I could not maintain her with silver and gold and all of the fine things my love’s house can hold.

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Farewell my dear mother, farewell father, too, I’m going for to ramble this wide world all through, And when I get weary, I’ll lie down and weep, And I’ll dream of pretty Saro, wherever she be.

note that “Saro” is derived from the name “Sarah” and rhymes with “fair-oh”

Pretty Saro is copyrighted © 2016 by Ian A. Cook and Red Pine Music Press. All rights are reserved.

Please report all performances at http://ianacook.com/performance-notification/.

http://ianacook.com

written for Aliro Voices, directed by Michael Jeffrey

Pretty Saro for SATB choir a capella with bass divisi

Traditional

p

Andante, ma rubato q = 72

mp

3 4

2 4 oo p

oh

oo

3 4

Alto

oo mp

2 4

oo

oo

3 4

oh

p

3 4

Tenor

3 4

al

Soprano

Appalachian Traditional arr. Ian A. Cook (b. 1990) 2016

oo mp

2 4

3 4

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2 4

3 4

rus

3 4

Bass

oh mp

oo

Andante, ma rubato q = 72

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for rehearsal only

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mp

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3 4

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2 4

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Pretty Saro is copyrighted Š 2016 by Ian A. Cook and Red Pine Music Press. All rights are reserved.

Please report all performances at http://ianacook.com/performance-notiďŹ cation/.

Pretty Saro — arr. Ian A. Cook

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Pretty Saro — arr. Ian A. Cook

8 52

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Pretty Saro — arr. Ian A. Cook

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Pretty Saro — arr. Ian A. Cook

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Pretty Saro — arr. Ian A. Cook

11

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hold.

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Pretty Saro — arr. Ian A. Cook

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to

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to

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Pretty Saro — arr. Ian A. Cook

13

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Pretty Saro — arr. Ian A. Cook

14

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