of Roses (Legend) Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky

= 57 mf p mf p  2   Soprano 4     1. When Je- sus Christ was yet a child He had a gar- den small and mf p mf p  2 Alto 4       mf p mf p  2    Tenor 4    8 1. When Je- sus Christ was yet a child He had a gar- den small and mf p mf p 2   Bass    4   

8 pp pp  S           wild, Where- in he cher- ished ro- ses fair, And wove them in- to gar- lands pp pp  A          pp  pp      T     8   wild, Where- in he cher- ished ro- ses fair, And wove them in- to gar- lands pp pp B            

16 mf p mf  S     there. 2. Now once, as sum- mer- time drew nigh, There came a mf p mf  A       mf p mf     T   8 there. 2. Now once, as sum- mer- time drew nigh, There came a mf p mf   B     

Copyleft Mark Chapman 2008. Edition may be freely distributed, duplicated, performed or recorded. 2 22 p pp    S       troop of child- ren by, And see- ing ro- ses on the tree, p pp  A        p   pp      T   8   troop of child- ren by, And see- ing ro- ses on the tree, p pp  B         

29 pp f  S            With shouts they plucked them mer- ri- ly. 3. 'Do you bind ro- ses in your pp f  A            pp  f  T     8  With shouts they plucked them mer- ri- ly. 3. 'Do you bind ro- ses in your pp f  B              3. 'Do you bind ro- ses in your 36 pp  S           hair?' They cried, in scorn, to Je- sus there. The boy said hum- bly: pp  A            pp  T         8   hair?' They cried, in scorn, to Je- sus there. The boy said hum- bly: pp B                hair?' They cried, in scorn, to Je- sus there. The boy said hum- bly: 3 43 pp p  S            'Take, I pray, All but the na- ked thorns a- way.' 4. Then of the thorns they pp p   A         pp   p  T         8   'Take, I pray, All but the na- ked thorns a- way.' 4. Then of the thorns they pp p  B            'Take, I pray, All but the na- ked thorns a- way.' 51 ff p   S          made a crown, and with rough fin- gers pressed it down, Till on his fore- head ff p  A            ff  p

T           8    made a crown, and with rough fin- gers pressed it down, Till on his fore- head ff p   B            

59 ff p   S           fair andyoung Red drops of blood like ro- ses sprung. ff p  A             ff p T             8  fair andyoung Red drops of blood like ro- ses sprung. ff p  B                   like ro- ses sprung, like ro- ses sprung.

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