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the SONG OF DEATH

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X: 74
T: the SONG OF DEATH
O: 1811
B: "Caledonian Musical Repository", 1811, p.136-138
F: http://digital.nls.uk/special-collections-of-printed-music/pageturner.cfm?id=87686121
Z: 2013 John Chambers <jc:trillian.mit.edu>
N: Bar 7 has a smudge before the G in bar 8; transcribed as the # seen in the 1806 edition.
M: 6/8
L: 1/16
K: D
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A2 | B3 A (Bd) e2 e2 a2 |
w: Fare-well, thou fair* day, thou green
f3 e {f e}d2 {d}B4 g2 | f2 {g/}a2 ({g/}fe)
w: earth, and ye skies, Now gay with the*
d2 d2 (F^G) | A6- A4 (Bd) | B3 A (Bd)
w: broad set-ting* sun!* Fare-*well, loves and*
e3 f g2 | {g/}f2 e3 d {d}B4 g2 |
w: friend-ships, ye dear ten-der ties! Our
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(f>g) {f g}(ag) (fe) d2 d2 (F^G) | A6- A4 ][ (fg) |
w: race* of* ex-*ist-ence is* run.* Thou*
a2 a2 d'2 b2 b2 (d'=c') | b3 a g2 B4 g2 |
w: grim King of Ter-rors, thou* life's gloom-y foe, Go
f3 e (fa) b a3 f2 | {g}a6- a4 a2 |
w: fright-en the* cow-ard and slave!* Go
b3 a g2 a2 a2 g2 | f3 e {f e}d2
w: teach them to trem-ble, fell ty-rant! but
B4 g2 | f a3 (fe) d2 d2 (F^G) | A6- A4 |]
w: know, No ter-rors hast* thou to the * brave.*
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W:2.Thou strik'st the dull peasant, he sinks in the dark;
W:    Nor saves ev'n the wreck of a name:
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W:  Thou strik'st the young hero, a glorious mark!
W:    He falls in the blaze of his fame.
W:  In the field of proud honour, our swords in our hands,
W:    Our King and our Country to save;
W:  While victory shines on life's last ebbing sands,
W:    O, who would not die with the brave!
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