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Steal Me Sweet Thief
Steal Me Sweet Thief
Steal Me Sweet Thief
FROM
G. MENOTTI
THE OLD MAID AND THE THIEF
(SCENE VI)
Larghetto
3
What a curse for a wo man is a tim id man! A week has gone by: he had plen ty of chanc es,
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5
poco più mosso
but he made no ad van ces. Miss Todd schemes and lab ors to
Tempo I
7
get him some mon ey. She robs friends and neigh bors the club and the church. He takes all the
2
95
9
mon ey with a smile that en tran ces... but still makes no ad vanc es. The
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old wo man sighs and makes lan guid eyes. All the drawers are wide op en,
96
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all the doors are un locked... He neith er seems pleased nor shocked. He eats and drinks and
pesante
2
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sleeps, he talks of base ball and box ing... but that is all. What
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Adagio ma non troppo
21
a curse for a wo man is a tim id man! rall. molto Steal me, Oh,
espres.
affrettando
25 un poco
steal me, sweet thief, for time's flight is steal ing my youth and the cares of life steal fleet ing time
affrettando un poco
30
a tempo
Steal me, thief, for life is brief and full of theft and strife. And then with
pochiss. riten.
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34 con emozione
a tempo
poco rit. cresc.
fur tive step death comes and steals time and life. O sweet thief, I pray make me
a tempo, mafluttuante
4
100
rit.
38
die. be fore dark death steals her prey. Steal my lips be fore they
rit.
42
crum ble to dust. Steal my heart be fore death must. Steal my cheeks be fore they're sunk and de cayed
3
47
muovendo un poco e cresc.
muovendo un poco e cresc.
subito dim.
3
5
moltorit. a tempo
101
50
ritardando
steal my cheeks, steal, oh steal my breath and make me die be fore death will
molto rit.
a tempo
54 Adagio
steal her prey. Oh, steal me!
riten.
a tempo poco rit. a tempo
56
For time's flight is steal ing my youth.