Trees for my mother
Joyce Kilmer
Isaac Lovdahl
Tenderly, Hymn-like
Soprano
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Bass
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think that I
a
œ œ n˙
I
think that I
shall
nev - er
see
Œ œ ˙
tree.
Œ nœ ˙
˙˙ Mmm
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Œ œ A
˙
Œ œ
˙
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Mmm
A
a
tree.
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Mmm
Œ œ
a
tree.
Mmm
A
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œœ
A
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‰ œj ˙
poem
a poem
love - ly
as
a
tree...
as
a
tree...
œ œœ ˙˙
œ œ
œ œ
love - ly
˙
Œ œ
˙
nœ œ ˙
Ó
a
Œ œ
poem
˙
love - ly
as
a
tree...
a
poem
love - ly
as
a
tree...
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œ œ ˙ Œ œ
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# œœ œ
46 œ œ ˙
Œ œ
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tree whose hun - gry,
hun - gry
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œœ
flow - ing breast;
œœ
flow - ing breast;
hun - gry
tree whose hun - gry,
hun - gry
---N œ˙ œ œ œ Œ Fœ
tree whose hun - gry,
flow - ing breast;
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œ œ
46 œ œ ˙
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œœ n œœ ˙˙
a
˙
74 œ œ b œœ œœ Œ n œœ œœ
b & b b b 44 œ œ œœ œœ œœ œœ œœ œœ œ
gainst the earth's sweet
B
see
see
tree.
a
nev - er
nev - er
gainst the earth's sweet
T
shall
Œ œ ∑
œ œ ˙
shall
b ˙˙
Ó
see
think that I
gainst the earth's sweet
A
nev - er
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shall
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think that I
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Tenor
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F Œ œ œ A
˙˙ ˙˙ ˙˙
F Œ œœ
A
F Œ œœ A
hun - gry
mouth is
prest
mouth is
prest
a -
a -
Aœ œ ˙ 46 mouth is
prest
mouth is
prest
Œ œ Œ œ
a -
a -
˙.
œ
˙˙
˙˙
tree
that
looks
at
God
all
˙˙
˙˙
˙˙ ..
œœ b ˙˙
˙˙ b ˙˙ œ œ ˙
tree
that
looks
at
God
all
tree
that
looks
at
God
all
˙˙
˙˙
God
all
˙˙ .. ˙˙ . .
œœ b ˙˙ œœ
˙˙
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arms,
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pray,
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pray,
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lifts
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and
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dim.
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to
∑
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arms,
her leaf - y
arms
pray;
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cresc.
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arms,
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lifts
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arms, cresc.
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and
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and
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arms,
A
n ˙˙
Trees
F Œ A œœ ˙˙ .. F Œ œœ ˙ . ˙. A
A
tree
tree
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œœ ˙˙ .. may
in
sum
-
mer
œœ ˙ . ˙.
in
sum
-
mer
that
that
may
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wear
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wear
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nest
of
rob - ins
in her hair;
a
nest
of
rob - ins
in her hair;
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in - ti - mate - ly
lives with rain,
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in - ti - mate - ly
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lives with rain,
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p Œ œœ ˙˙ rit.
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on - ly
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but
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on - ly
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but
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on - ly
but
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God
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on whose bo - som
snow has lain;
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on whose bo - som
snow has lain;
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rain.
with
˙ w
rain.
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God
œ œ n œ- .
can
God
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can
make
on - ly
God
can
make
make
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Poems are made by
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make
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with
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F˙ Ó ˙
Trees
œ œ
U Pœ œ œ œ œ ∑ Poems are
made by
who
∑ F œ œ ˙˙ F œœ œœ n ˙˙
fools like me,
F œœ œœ n ˙˙
fools like me,
F œœ œœ ˙˙
U Pœ œ ∑
Poems are made by
œ œ
fools like me,
Poems are
made by
fools like me,
F ˙˙ Ó F Ó ˙ a
a
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w
U
tree.
44 Ó
F ˙˙
44 Ó
˙˙
tree.
F
U
ww
U
a
tree.
a
tree.
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