Flowers That Bloom in the Spring, The

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X:257
T:Flowers That Bloom in the Spring, The
% Four-part piano arrangement for standard notation.
% Originally in Ab via JC's ABC Tune Finder
Z: abc-edited-by: AW
C:W.S. Gilbert/Arthur Sullivan
S:Source "The One Hundred and One Best Songs" - The Cable Company - 1919 - Chicago, Illinois
M:6/8
L:1/8
Q:1/8=170
% 1 or true = combine most multiple-voice intervals into chords on same staff
% 2 = also combine seconds, 3 = also combine unisons
%%staves [(1 2) (3 4)]
K:Gmaj
V:1 clef=treble
G | "G"G>"Gsus"A"G"G "(etc.)"G>AG | G z d d z B | B>AG "D7"ADA | "G"G3 z2|
w:1.~The flow-ers that bloom in the spring, Tra la, Breathe prom-ise of mer-ry sun-shine
w:2.~The flow-ers that bloom in the spring, Tra la, Have noth-ing to do with the case;
V:2 clef=treble
D | D>DD D>DD | D z G G z D | D>CB, CCC | B,3 z2
V:3 clef=bass octave=-2
% %%MIDI transpose -24
b | b>c'b b>c'b | b z b b z g | g>fg fff | g3 z2|
V:4 clef=bass octave=-2
% %%MIDI transpose -24
g | g>gg g>gg | g z g g z G | d>dd ddd | G3 z2
V:1
G/-G/ | "G"G>AG G>AG | G z d d z B | "B7"B>cB B>cB | "Em"B z e e z|
w:As we mer-ri-ly dance and we sing, Tra la, We wel-come the hope that they bring, Tra la,
w:I've* got to take un-der my wing, Tra la, A most un-at-tract-ive old thing, Tra la,
V:2
D/-D/ | D>DD D>DD | D z G G z D | ^D>DD D>DD | E z G G z
V:3
b/-b/ | b>c'b b>c'b | b z b b z g | a>aa a>aa | g z b b z|
V:4
g/-g/ | g>gg g>gg | g z g g z g | f>ff B>BB | e z e e z
V:1
B/-B/ | "A7"A>BA A>BA | "D"d3 D2 "G"B | "D/a"A>BA "A7"A>BA | "D"D3 z2 "n.c. (G)"D |
w:Of a sum-mer of ro-ses so fine, Of a sum-mer of ro-ses so fine; And
w:With a car-i-ca-ture of a face, With a car-i-ca-ture of a face; And
V:2
E/-E/ | ^C>CC C>CC | D3 D2 D | D>DD ^C>CC | D3 z2 D |
V:3
g/-g/ | g>gg g>gg | f3 f2 g | f>ff g>gg | f3 z2 B |
V:4
e/-e/ | e>ee A>AA | d3 d2 G | A>AA A>AA | d3 z2 B |
V:1
"(C)"EFG "(Am)"cBc | "(D)"AGA F2 "(G)"D | "(C)"EFG "(Am)"cBc | "(D)"AGA HF2|
w:that's what we mean when we say that a thing Is wel-come as flow-ers that bloom in the spring.
w:that's what I mean when I say or I sing, "Oh, both-er the flow-ers that bloom in the spring!"
V:2
EFG cBc | AGA F2 D | EFG cBc | AGA F2 % last note had fermata; HF2 -- put back to fix playback
V:3
cde aga | fef d2 B | cde aga | fef Hd2|
V:4
cde aga | fef d2 B | cde aga | fef d2 % last note had fermata; Hd2 -- put back to fix playback
V:1
"D7"D | "G"G>GG Gd D | G>GG Gd D/2-D/2 | "G"B>"D7"A"G"G "D7"AFD | "G"G3 z2|
w:Tra, la, la, la, la,* Tra, la, la, la, la,* As we mer-ri-ly dance and we sing,
w:Tra, la, la, la, la,* Tra, la, la, la, la,* I've* got to take un-der my wing,
V:2
D | D>DD D2 B, | D>DD D2 B,/2-B,/2 | D>CB, CCC | B,3 z2
V:3
c' | b>bb b2 g | b>bb b2 g/2-g/2 | g>fg faf | g3 z2|
V:4
f | g>gg g2 g | g>gg g2 g/2-g/2 | d>dd ddd | G3 z2
V:1
D | "G"G>GG Gd G | "Em"G>GG (GHg) G | "Am7"A>"Em"B"Am7"c "D7"Add | "G"G3 z2 |]
w:Tra, la, la, la, la,* Tra, la, la, la, la,* The flow-ers that bloom in the spring.
w:Tra, la, la, la, la,* Tra, la, la, la, la,* The flow-ers that bloom in the spring.
V:2
B, | D>DD D2 D | E>EE E-E E | G>GG FFF | G3 z2 |]  % m.2 E-E was E-HE, restore to fix playback
V:3
g | b>bb b2 b | b>bb b-Hb b | e'>e'e' d' d' c' | b3 z2 |]
V:4
G | g>gg g2 g | e>ee e-e e | c'>ba d d d | g3 z2 |]  % m.2 e-e was e-He, restore to fix playback

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