A

Sailor's Lament
The Idea Of North

 2   
 4                        
 = 64  = 74
rit.

Soprano

 2  
 4                        
A poor man cloaked in pa per with words of un rest was wo ken by the song of a

 
Alto


Tenor    42                        

 2                        
Bass  4 


                        

8 a tempo rit. a tempo

 
       
bird in her nest Perched high a bove the so rrows of men and of kings She tend ed to her

A
               
             
          

T

           
B 

      3 2
  4     4           43

 = 92
15 rit. a tempo rit. a tempo

 3 2
43

      4  4
young in the shield of her wings Ga zing down on a world that was sha ded in gray

A
               

T          43     42            43


  
B  43    42            43   
No one
   
             
 = 116
23

              
       
    
A

        
T        
   


 
                     
B
 

 
no ticed the man where he lay

                        
31


         
Ri sing up from the bench as he gree ted the morn Still with hope in his

          

A

   
T      
     
     
 
      
B
    

  
         
            

38

   
     
heart from a past that was torn No thing left but his swag and the blue me mo ry of his

       
        
A

     
                 

T

  
            

B

  
      
                
 
45

             
  
love who was lost on the sea Cry ing out through the town for his

               
A



                    
Cry ing out through the town for his

T
     

                 
B
     

2
  
     
            
    
53

 
    
 
voice to be heard Though the on ly one lis tening to him was a bird Ple ase find me my

A
               

             
      
        
   
voice to be heard on ly one lis tening to him was a
bird Ple ase find me my

T
  
    
        
  
B

  
          
       
  
 
60

     
        
   
lo ver please find me my friend How I long for her in my arms a gain

A
      

     
                          
lo ver please find me my friend

T
 


            
find me my friend How I long for her in my arms a gain

B
       

  
      
            
67

  
               
Fly high Spread your wings un til the wind lifts our

A
        
  
                  
Spread your wings un til the wind lifts our

T
     
 
               
B
     

3
       
                   
  
75


               
souls in to the sky Fly high Tell my lo ver I could ne ver say good

     
A


               
           
souls in to the sky

T
  
 
            
B
           

            
        
    
83

      
         
bye

        
    
A

                      
T


 
                
With a tear in his eye he longs for the past for the

B
  

          
               
 
91


               
        

A


T                       

   
        
day they made vows for their love that would last In the warmth of the eve ning they ran young and

B
   

 
                    

98

          
        
  
A

       
          
  
T


              
free And they waltzed till the sun kissed the sea

B
       

4
     
                     

105 rit. a tempo

     
         
 
From out of the sha dows a wo man a ppears in the

  
A

     
T           

  
            
B
 

  
                    
114

 
             
        
place where her lo ver once lived ma ny years All re mained was a head stone en

A
       

        
                  
   
All re mained was a head stone en

T


  
           
All re mained was a head stone en

 
B

All re mained was a head stone en

                

120 rit. a tempo

             
 
graved with the phrase Fly

A
      
   
       
      
graved with the phrase

T
   


                   

graved with the phrase

B
     
graved with the phrase I loved you for all of my days

5
 
            
 
129

        
      

high Fly high Fly

   
    
A

      
    

T

 
                       
B
       


           
137


                                            
high Fly high

                

A

 
T      

 
                     
B
  

    rit. 
    
144

 
                              
Fly high

                           
A

T     

     
B                         