Eras

from Lifetime
by David Haines
Very lively  = 156

S/A Descant
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Sop   4
4
3
           
Pre- Cam - bri - an, Pre - Cam - bri - an the

Alto  4
4
3
           
Pre- Cam - bri - an, Pre - Cam - bri - an the

Bas/Ten
   4
4
3
           
Pre- Cam - bri - an, Pre - Cam - bri - an the
 
[Tenors may sing an octave higher if wished and where appropriate]

Sop        
7
      
long - est e - ra of four Four bil - li - on years from the

Alto

              
long - est e - ra of four Four bil - li - on years from the

               
Bas/Ten
 long - est e - ra of four Four bil - li - on years from the
  10

Sop            
birth of Earth when life was - n't ve - ry much more than

Alto             
birth of Earth when life was - n't ve - ry much more than

            
Bas/Ten
 birth of Earth when life was - n't ve - ry much more than
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Sop            
blue - green alg - gae, sli - my and wet and bac -

Alto            
blue - green alg - gae, sli - my and wet and bac -

Bas/Ten  
           
blue - green alg - gae, sli - my and wet and bac -
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
Sop

te - ri - a mil - ling a - round,


I

bet there


        
Alto

te - ri - a mil - ling a - round,


I

bet there

Bas/Ten  
           
  te - ri - a mil - ling a - round, I bet there

Sop
17
           
weren't ma - ny laughs, in fact I'd say I

Alto            
weren't ma - ny laughs, in fact I'd say I

Bas/Ten 
            
 
weren't
19
ma - ny laughs, in fact I'd say I

Sop           
2
4   4
4
would - n't want to live in Pre - Cam - bri - an days....

Alto           
2
4   4
4
would - n't want to live in Pre - Cam - bri - an days....

Bas/Ten  
          
2
4   4
4

 
would - n't
23
want to live in Pre - Cam - bri - an

       
days....

Sop      Pa - le - o - zo - ic, Pa - le - o -zo - ic

Alto              
Pa - le - o - zo - ic, Pa - le - o -zo - ic

             
Bas/Ten

  Pa - le - o - zo - ic, Pa -

 
le - o -zo - ic

Sop
27
         
Se - cond long - est e - ra of four O - ver

         
Alto

Se - cond long - est e - ra of

 
four O - ver

            
Bas/Ten
 Se - cond long - est e - ra of four O - ver
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       
Sop
three hun - dred mil - li - on years of
  
life our
4
4


       
Alto

three hun - dred mil - li - on years

 of
  
life our
4
4

             
Bas/Ten
 4
4

 
three hun - dred mil - li - on years of life our

Sop 4
4
31
              
Earth for the first time saw in - ver- te - brates liv - ing in sea

Alto   
4
4            
Earth for the first time saw in - ver- te - brates liv - ing in sea

Bas/Ten 4
4

              
 Earth for the first time saw in - ver- te - brates

     
liv - ing in sea

Sop
34
        
then on land Fish, ferns, in - sects, am - phi-bi - ans and...

Alto                
then on land Fish, ferns, in - sects am - phi-bi - ans and...

Bas/Ten

  
            
  then on land Fish, ferns, in - sects am - phi-bi - ans and...

Sop
37
            
Co - ni - fers spread - ing their seeds a - round

Alto             
Co - ni - fers spread - ing their seeds a - round

Bas/Ten  
            
 Co - ni
39
- fers spread - ing their seeds a - round
2
Sop        2
4    4
4   43-44

Rep - tiles cree-ping a - long the ground...


         2
Alto
 2
4   4
4

Rep - tiles cree-ping a - long the ground...

Bas/Ten

     
  2
4
   4
4  
2

Rep - tiles cree-ping a - long

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   
45
             
Me - so - zo- ic, Me - so - zo - ic Third long - est e - ra of four

Alto

                
Me - so - zo- ic, Me - so - zo - ic Third long - est e - ra of four

                  
Bas/Ten

  
Me - so - zo-ic,
48
Me - so - zo - ic Third long - est e - ra of four

Sop               
One hun - dred mil - li - on years it las - ted this

Alto                
One hun - dred mil - li - on years it las - ted this

                
Bas/Ten
 One hun - dred mil - li - on years it las - ted this
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
Sop         
e - ra o - pened the door to

Alto          
e - ra o - pened the door to

Bas/Ten
 
         
  e
53
- ra o - pened the door


to

Sop             
ti - ny lit - tle mam - mals no big - ger than a shrew,

Alto              
ti - ny lit - tle mam - mals no big - ger than a shrew,

Bas/Ten

  
           
  ti - ny
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lit - tle

   
mam - mals

 
no big - ger than a shrew,


Sop     
Great big - di - no -saurs, some of which flew, The

         
Alto

Great big - di - no -saurs, some of which


flew,

The

Bas/Ten 
            
Great big - di - no -saurs, some of which flew, The
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       
Sop

ve - ry first flow - ers and right at the


end

an

Alto             
ve - ry first flow - ers and right at the end an

Bas/Ten  
            
  ve - ry
59
first flow - ers


and right at the end

    
an

S/A Descant  2
4
4
4
Ce - no - zo - ic Ce -

Sop          2
4
4
4 
as - ter - oid fell to Earth and then............................

Alto          2
4
4
4 
as - ter - oid fell to Earth and then............................

Bas/Ten

  
      2
4
4
4 
as - ter - oid fell to Earth and
  then............................

S/A Descant
62
                
no zo - ic Ce - no - zo - ic Ce - no zo - ic

Sop    
Alto    
Bas/Ten 
    
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      
S/A Descant          
Ce - no - zo - ic Ce - no zo - ic Ce - no - zo - ic Ce -

Sop                 
Ce - no -zo - ic Ce - no -zo - ic Short - est er - a of all

      
Alto

Ce - no -zo - ic Ce
   
- no -zo - ic

Short - est
   
er - a of

all

                  
Bas/Ten
 Ce - no -zo - ic Ce - no -zo - ic Short - est er - a of all
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        
S/A Descant
 no zo - ic Ce - no - zo - ic Ce -

Sop

         
Six - ty five mil - li - on years

Alto           
      
Six - ty five
 
mil - li - on
 
years

Bas/Ten

  Six - ty five mil - li - on years

S/A Descant
70
           
no zo - ic We sur - vived that fall

Sop              
a - go we mam-mals sur - vived that

Alto              
    
a - go


we

mam-mals
     sur - vived that

Bas/Ten

     
72
a -
3
go we mam-mals sur - vived that

S/A Descant             
- - - - - When those di - no - saurs

   
Sop

fall
 When
     
those poor old di - no - saurs died

Alto           
fall When those poor old di - no - saurs died

Bas/Ten
 
          
  
fall
75

When those poor

   
old di - no - saurs died

S/A Descant  
died no

 
bo - dy cried

Sop          
No - bo - dy cared and no - bo - dy cried

Alto

           
No - bo - dy cared and no - bo - dy cried

Bas/Ten 
            
No - bo - dy cared and no - bo - dy cried
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     

cried

    
Now

 
that

 
brings us


up

Sop

Mam-mals moved in where those beasts had been

  
that

Alto             
Mam-mals moved in where those beasts had been that

Bas/Ten 
            
 Mam-mals
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moved in
  
where those beasts had been that

S/A Descant         2
4
4
4 
 
to the pre - sent day - scene....

Sop        2
4  4
4 
brings us up to the pre - sent day scene....

Alto          2
4  4
4 
brings us up to the pre - sent day scene....

 
         2 4

Bas/Ten
4
 4

  
brings
82
us up

   
to the
 pre - sent day scene....

S/A Descant    
When those

 
The pre - sent day

  
Sop
  When those poor old di -

Alto       
When those poor old di -

Bas/Ten 
      
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   
When those


poor old di -

S/A Descant  
di - no - saurs died no

Sop           
no - saurs died No - bo - dy cared and no -

       
Alto
  
no - saurs died No - bo - dy cared and no -

Bas/Ten
 
          
no - saurs died No - bo - dy cared and no -
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   
cried Now that
bo - dy cried

Sop              
bo - dy cried Mam-mals moved in where those


Alto    
bo -
 
dy cried
 
Mam-mals
   
moved in where

those

Bas/Ten  
            
bo - dy cried Mam-mals moved in where those

     
88
      
S/A Descant      2
4
4
4
brings us up to the pre - sent day - scene....

Sop               2
4
4
4
beasts had been that brings us up to the pre-sent day

Alto                2
4
4
4
beasts had been that brings us up to the pre-sent day

Bas/Ten

   
           2
4
4
4
beasts had been that brings us up to the pre-sent day

 
S/A Descant    
4
4
91
           
The pre - sent day scene.... The pre - sent day scene....

Sop

  
4
4   
scene....

Alto  
4
4    
scene....

             
Bas/Ten
  4
4
scene....
The pre - sent day8 scene.... The pre - sent day scene....