All My Trials SATB and piano
Reginald Unterseher, arr.
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All My Trials rose to popularity in the 1950's and 1960's. It was rst recorded on Bob Gibson's album "Offbeat Folk Songs" in 1956, where it was called "Bahamian Lullaby." Other recordings included those by Joan Baez, Pete Seeger, Peter, Paul, and Mary, Paul McCartney, and Harry Belafonte. There is a song called "All My Sorrow" by The Kingston Trio that is very similar and contains many of the same elements. The origins of this song are not at all clear, and the story varies from singer to singer. Joan Baez said it is a "spiritual-lullaby [which] probably originated in the antebellum South, from where it was transported to the West Indies. It appears to have died out in this country, only to be discovered in the Bahamas. From there it was reintroduced to us, eventually becoming one of the standards of the popular folk song movement." There are many variations of the words, and portions of them appear in many known spirituals, including references to the River Jordan, the Tree of Life, and the line "if living were a thing that money could buy, the rich would live and the poor would die." In this arrangement, pay particular attention to the rhythm of the words as they appear in bars 11 and 16 and throughout the piece. Make sure the word "Lord" arrives on the second half of the second quarter note, and don't delay it to the third quarter note. This same construction appears in bars 19 and 23, and throughout the piece. Arrive on time, but without accent. The piano part bene ts from a generally heavier left hand and lighter right hand.
Reginald Unterseher
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for the Shalom Choir
All My Trials SATB with piano
Reginald Unterseher, arr.
Traditional Folk Song
= 64
SA
Oo
Oo
TB
6
9/28/1994 rev. 1/2/2024
simile*
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All
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© 1994, 2024 Reginald Unterseher
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4
All My Trials
11
o
-
20
my
16
Well, it
chills the
The
ri - ver of Jor - dan is mud - dy and
bo - dy
Soon
Lord,
ver.
tri - als,
but
not the
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cold,
soul.
be
All My Trials
25
be
30
All
tri - als,
my
Lord,
o
-
ver.
tri - als,
35
Lord,
Soon
All
Soon
5
be
my
o - ver.
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6
All My Trials
40
If
43
47
) (melody)
) (harmony) All
and the poor would
my
tri - als, Lord,
buy,
mon - ey could
(
would live,
(
You know the rich
li - ving were a thing that
die.
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All My Trials
o
-
my
62
o
-
ver.
Lord,
tri - als,
ver.
be
57
Soon
) All
(
Soon
be
Hush, lit - tle ba - by, don’t you
)
(
cry,
52
7
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All My Trials
71
All
was
born
tri - als,
my
my
my
my
All
All
know your ma - ma
All
You
66
Lord,
tri - als,
tri - als,
Lord,
Lord,
tri - als,
Lord,
die.
all
all
to
8
lord,
my
tri - als,
lord,
Soon
tri - als,
my
Soon
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soon
soon
All My Trials
76
be
o
-
ver
ver,
o
Lord,
all
all
-
ver.
tri - als, Lord, tri - als,
ver
-
Lord,
-
o
o
be
81 tri - als, Lord, tri - als,
ver,
be
ver.
-
-
o
o
be
9
my
tri - als,
my
tri - als,
Soon
lord,
lord,
All
All
soon
soon
my
be
be
be
my
Soon
my
be
All
All
my
o
-
ver.
o - ver, o
-
ver,
o
-
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ver.
10
All My Trials
86
o
-
o
-
ver
90
pil - grims call it
There
ver
There
grows a
tree
in
Pa - ra
dise
-
There grows in
Pa - ra
-
dise
There grows in
Pa - ra
-
dise
tree
in
Pa - ra
the
Tree of
Life!
And the
And the
All
And the
And the
dise
-
grows a
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All My Trials
95
my
tri - als, Lord,
100
105
-
ver.
Soon
be
o
my
be
tri - als,
Lord,
ver.
All
Soon
o
11
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12
All My Trials
110
Too late, my
115
120
All
my
ne - ver
sub.
legato to end
be
but
sub.
too late,
sub.
bro - ther,
Soon
tri - als,
-
ver.
mind,
Lord,
o
All
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All My Trials
125
my
tri - als,
rit.
129
be
Lord,
o
-
ver.
13
Soon
molto ritardando
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