Three Elizabethan Part Songs II. The willow song

Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958)

The willow song

The poor soul sat sigh-ing by a sy-ca-more tree, Sing all a green wil-low; Her hand on her bo-som, her head on her knee, Sing wil-low, wil-low, wil-low.

The fresh streams ran by her and mur-mur’d her moans; Sing wil-low, wil-low: Her salt tears fell from her, and soft-en’d the stones; Sing wil-low, wil-low, wil-low, Sing all a green wil-low must be my gar-land.

Othello Act 4, Scene 3 William Shakespeare (1564-1616) The willow song RVW

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S # 3 p œ œ & 4 ‰ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ ˙ Œ TheJ poor soul sat sigh - ing by a sy - ca - more tree, p A # 3 j & 4 ‰ œ œ œ œ œ Œ Theœ œpoor œ soul satœ sigh œ- ingœ œ by œa syœ - œ caœ - moreœ œ tree,˙

p T # 3 œ œ œ œ œ œ œ V 4 ‰ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ. œ œ TheJ poor soul sat sigh - ing by a sy - ca - more tree, Sing J p B # œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ. œ œ ? 43 Œ Œ œ œ œ œ J The poor soul sat sigh - ing by a sy - ca - more tree, Sing

5 S # j p & ‰ œ ‰ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ Sing allœ. œa greenœ wilœ - low;˙ HerJ hand on her bo - som, her œ p A # j & ‰ j ‰ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ Singœ allœ. œa greenœ wilœ - low;˙ Her handœ on herœ bo - œsom, her œ p T # œ œ œ V œ œ œ œ œ ‰ œ œ œ œ œ œ all a green wil - low;˙ HerJ hand on her bo - som, her p B œ j œ œ œ ? # œ œ œ œ ˙ ‰ œ œ œ œ œ œ all a green wil - low; Her hand on her bo - som, her

9 S # & œ œ œ headœ œon œ her knee,˙ Singœ wil - low,˙ wil - low,˙

A # & headœ œon œ herœ knee,˙ Singœ wilœ - low,˙ wilœ - low,˙

T # V œ œ œ œ œ ˙ œ ˙ head on œ herœ knee,˙ Sing wil - low, wil - low,

B œ ˙ ? # œ œ œ œ ˙ œ ˙ œ head on her knee, Sing wilœ - low, wil - low,

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13 S # F & œ œ œ œ. œ wilœ - ˙ - - low.˙ Theœ freshœ œ streams ran by her andJ

A # F & j j wil˙ - - œ - low.˙ Theœ œfresh œ streamsœ œ ranœ byœ herœ andœ œ F T # j j V œ ˙ ˙ œ œ œ œ œ wil - - - low. The fresh œ streamsœ. ranœ by œ herœ. and

F B ? # œ œ œ ˙ ˙ œ œ œ œ œ wil - - - low. The fresh streams ranœ byœ her andœ

17 S # & œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ ˙ mur - mur’d her moans;˙ Sing wil - low, wil - low, wil - low:

A # & j œ œ œ œ ˙ murœ - mur’dœ. herœ moans;˙ Sing wil - low,œ wil - low, wilœ - low:

T # œ œ œ œ œ ˙ V œ œ ˙ Œ ‰ J œ œ mur - mur’d her moans; Sing wil - low, wil - low:

B ? # œ œ œ ˙ Œ ‰ J œ œ ˙ murœ - mur’d herœ moans; Sing wil - low, wil - low:

21 S # p œ & ‰ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ ˙ œ HerJ salt tears fell from her, and soft - en’d the stones; Sing

p A # & ‰ j œ œ œ œ Herœ saltœ œ tears œ fell œ fromœ œ her, andœ softœ - en’dœ œ the stones;˙ Singœ

p T # œ œ œ œ ˙ œ V ‰ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ HerJ salt tears fell from her, and soft - en’d the stones; Sing p B œ œ œ œ ? # Œ Œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ ˙ œ Her salt tears fell from her, and soft - en’d the stones; Sing

Joseph Williams, London Mills Music 242 (1913) 4 The willow song

25 S # π & œ ˙ œ œ œ wil - low, wil - low,˙ wil - - nœ- - low,˙ Singœ

A # π & œ wil - low,˙ wilœ - low,˙ wil˙ - - œ- œ - low,˙ Sing#œ π T # œ V ˙ œ ˙ œ. œ œ #˙ œ wil - low, wil - low, wil - - J - - low, Sing

π B ˙ ? # œ ˙ œ œ œ ˙ wil - low, wilœ - low, wilœ - - - - low, Singœ

29 rall. ∏ S # U & œ j œ #allœ a greenœ wilœ - lowœ. mustœ beœ myœ gar˙. - - - land.˙. rall. ∏ A # U & œ œ j œ œ œ all a greennœ wilœ - lowœ. mustœ be my œ garœ - ˙ - - land.#˙. rall. ∏ T # j U V nœ œ œ. œ œ œ œ œ ˙ ˙. allœ œa green wil - low must be my gar - - - land. rall. ∏ U B ? # œ œ œ œ œ ˙ œ œ . œ œ œ ˙ . all a green wil - low mustJ be my gar - - - land.˙.

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