The Crown 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. Music engraving by LilyPond 2.11.57—www.lilypond.org.