FIVE SONGS

1. The Eternal Prisoner

(Texts by the composer) Gian Carlo Menotti

Andante molto mosso e agitato

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p o c o rit.

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pochissimo meno mosso

p o c o stentato

er - ate - l y un-
 p o c o rall,

POCOo m e n o m o s s o

the e x - e

mf ma pesante
 2. T h e Idle G i f t

Gian C a r l o M e n o t t i

Allegretto mosso e scorrevole

Do not de - s p i s e the

be - cause its beau - t y i s man-i-fest,

p o c o rit. a tempo

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Your eas y words and

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3 T h e Longest Wa i t

Gian Carlo Menott

Adagio, ma non troppo

love that I de.

an - SWer to
my

t h a t bears no
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-poco r a l l . a tempo

The fi-nal seal to close my

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rall. m o l t o a tempo

and I de- spair

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di-a-logues_ that will dis - close _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ the yearned f o r an - swer.

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p o c o ra l l . poco meno mosso

rall. m o l t o
a tempo

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là p o c o rail. p o c o rail.

si - l e n c e d .

Andante calmo
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the tor-tu-ous path of my mis - takes.

sky

a tempo molto fall.

down to marked
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4. M y Ghost

Gian Carlo Menotti

Andante, molto moderato (with humor)

too have a ghost in my

I t does-n?t f r i g h t - e n me;

p o c o rall.

not m y cat,
I c a n - n o t tell f o r it wears

as c h i l dren on H a l - l o w - een.

it f a n - c i e s creak- y
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b e - h i n d my bed-room door

Some-times it

Allegretto moderato

But onceit ap -

(freely)

it TC
not quite k n o w - i n g whatto do,

colla voce
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Andante moderato

why it w a n - d e r e d so aim - l e s s - l y

p o c o rail.

mel-an-cho-lic an - SWEr:
bores me

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A jol-ly ghost

a tempo

stentato

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p o c o ra a tempo

death -ni-ous thing.

Presto

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O
ir
p leggiero ?
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5 The Svwiing

Gian Carlo Menotti

A n d a n t e calmo

toward the s k y? ? ?

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£ and down a -

Bain _ _ _ _ _ _ _ in ev-er-fresh
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and then a - g a i n the anx - ious plunge in - t o the wait

R E RENEAÙ R E " L 1 W7 9 " L_?

nes

D o n ' ? t be ? a p - pre -

H e JA
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The game holds no sur prise.

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a tempo

you not al - ways known it must come to

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end? There s o o n be no wait - ing

 a tempo

slow er and low -

Let it the
 And turn your face

from the de - cep

As pa - tient
re - ceives your

p o c o rail.

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