Commissioned by the Central Bucks High School-West Choir, Abigail Marchione, Director
The Arrow and the Song for SATB voices unaccompanied
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Soprano
Slowly with rubato = 68
I
Alto
I
Tenor
Bass
ar - row
I
shot an
7
S
A
T
B
I
knew
I
knew
I
I
knew
not where;
not where;
knew not where;
not where;
air,
in - to the
air,
it
flew,
3 it
flew,
For, so swift - ly it
3
fell to
earth,
earth,
It
fell to
earth,
It
fell to
earth,
the
flew,
flew,
sight
could not
the sight
3
For, so swift - ly it
It
fell to
in - to the
It
air,
air,
For, so swift - ly
in - to the
For, so swift - ly
in - to the
ar - row
ar - row
for rehearsal only
shot an
shot an
ar - row
shot an
I
Peter de Mets (ASCAP)
could not
the sight
could not
the
could not
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sight
2
12
S
A
T
B
fol - low it
fol - low it
fol - low it
It
T
in
fell to
fell to
It
fell to
its
earth,
earth,
I
I
I
knew
not where; For
not where; For
knew not where; For
knew
song
song
who
has
who
who
has
has
in - to the air,
in - to the air,
in - to the air,
in - to the air,
so
so
keen
sight
sight
sight
has
not where; For who
I breathed a
flight.
knew
song
I breathed a
I
song
I breathed a
flight.
earth,
flight.
I breathed a
its
its
earth,
flight.
in
It
B
It fell to
A
its
in
fol - low it
in
19
S
The Arrow and the Song
sight
so
keen
keen
so keen
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and
and
and
and
The Arrow and the Song
26
S
A
T
B
strong,
strong,
S
A
T
B
That
af - ter- ward,
af - ter- ward,
af - ter- ward,
af - ter- ward,
can
That
strong,
32
it
it
strong, That
That
can
it
can
it
can
in
in
in
in
fol - low
oak
of
fol - low the
song?
song?
of
a
a
the
song?
flight
of
I found
a
song?
a
fol - low the flight
ar - row,
I
found the
ar - row,
I
found the
ar - row,
still
I
found the
ar - row,
still
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Long,
3
long
Long,
long
Long,
long
long
Long,
of
the flight
an oak
an oak
the flight
fol - low
an oak
an
still
un -
still
un -
un
-
un
-
4
38
S
A
T
B
broke;
broke;
And the song,
broke;
S
A
T
B
found
gain
in the
gain, I found a - gain
in the
in the
heart
gain,
found, I
of
a
friend.
of
a
of
friend.
a
I
I
a
friend.
friend.
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I
found
of
heart
3
heart
in the
heart
I
3
a - gain,
found, found, a - gain,
3
found, found, a
3
found
3
from be - gin - ning to end, I
-
I
And the song, from be - gin - ning to end
a - gain
And the song, from be - gin - ning to end I
found a - gain
found a
3
from be - gin - ning to end,
broke;
43
And the song,
The Arrow and the Song
a -
PdM Oct. 11, 2021 Newtown, PA