The Gallant Weaver for SATB choir with piano
Text by Robert Burns
Dennis Tobenski
The Gallant Weaver Where Cart rins rowin' to the sea, By mony a flower and spreading tree, There lives a lad, the lad for me, He is a gallant Weaver. O, I had wooers aught or nine, They gied me rings and ribbons fine; And I was fear'd my heart wad tine, And I gied it to the Weaver. My daddie sign'd my tocher-band, To gie the lad that has the land, But to my heart I'll add my hand, And give it to the Weaver. While birds rejoice in leafy bowers, While bees delight in opening flowers, While corn grows green in summer showers, I love my gallant Weaver. Robert Burns (1759 – 1796)
This piece is an arrangement of the song “The Gallant Weaver” from my song cycle And He’ll Be Mine, originally composed in 2005 for tenor and piano. - Dennis Tobenski, April 2011
The Gallant Weaver for SATB choir and piano
Robert Burns
Soprano
q = 63
Alto
Piano
Pno.
mf
Cart
By
mo -ny_a flower
By
3
3
and spread- ing tree,
mo -ny_a flower
3
and spread- ing tree,
mo -ny_a flower
3
and spread- ing tree,
Copyright © 2011 Dennis M. Tobenski
Cart
rins row - in'
Cart
rins row - in'
mp
and spread- ing tree,
mo -ny_a flower
rins row - in'
Where mf
to the sea,
By
to the sea,
Where
By
to the sea,
B.
mf
7
T.
mf
Where
S.
q = 63
A.
Tenor
Bass
DENNIS TOBENSKI (2005, arr. 2011)
There lives a lad,
the
There lives a lad,
the
There lives a lad,
the
There lives a lad,
the
6
S.
lad
for
lad
for
lad
for
me,
for
me,
11
A.
T.
B.
lad
Pno.
I
aught
had woo ers
aught
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had woo ers
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had woo - ers
aught
or nine,
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is
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a gal- lant
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a gal- lant
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a gal- lant
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had woo ers
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B.
me,
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T.
me,
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A.
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or nine,
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or nine,
They
or nine,
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They gied me
rings
O,
and rib -bons
fine;
fine;
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fine;
and rib - ons
fine;
and rib -bons
and rib -bons
gied me rings
- er.
gied me rings
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gied me rings
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S. 21
A.
T.
B.
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mp
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wad
tine,
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heart
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And
I
gied it
to
S. 25
mf
Weav er. A.
T.
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mf
My dad - die sign'd my toch - er - band,
mf
My dad - die sign'd my toch - er - band,
Pno.
My dad - die sign'd my toch - er - band,
the
Pno.
To gie the lad
that has the
To gie the lad
To gie the lad
that has the
that has the
mf
8
S. 29
land,
A.
T.
land,
B.
land,
But
to
my
But
to
my
But
to
my
But
to
my
f
heart f
heart f
heart f
heart
I'll
add
my
I'll
add
my
I'll
add
my
I'll
add
my
f
Pno.
S.
hand,
33
hand,
A.
hand,
T.
B.
mp
And give it
to
the Weav - er.
hand,
Pno.
mp
S. 37
A.
B.
While birds
T.
re - joice
in
leaf - y
While birds
re - joice
in
bowers,
flowers,
A.
T.
flowers,
B.
flowers,
de - light
While bees
de - light
in
open - ing
open - ing
in
open - ing
in
open - ing
mf
f
While
corn
grows
green
in
sum -
corn
grows
While f
corn
grows
While
corn
grows
f
green
green
green
in
in
in
mer
f
While
flowers,
in
de - light
de - light
Pno.
While bees mf
40
leaf - y
While bees mf
S.
bowers,
While bees mf
9
mf
sum -
sum -
sum -
mer
mer
mer
f
Pno.
10
S. 42
showers
A.
showers
T.
B.
showers
showers
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B.
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love
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love
love
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love
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my
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Pno.
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S. 45
T.
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Pno.
A.
f
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