Songbird

Words and music by

SARAH QUARTEL

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SOPRANO
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I am a Song - bird; I will sing a - ny - thing. Give me a tune, I will

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spin you gold. Clo - ser you come to the Song - bird weav - ing,

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strong - er the thread of the mu - sic’s hold. Feel in the breeze a

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breath, a soar - ing song to you, and hear me say: ‘I am a Song - bird;

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come my way!’
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I will sing a - ny - thing. Fol - low the breeze and come my way, come my way!’

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I will sing a - ny - thing. Fol - low the breeze and come my way, come my way!’

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One lit - tle bird on a branch sits fan - ning am - ber wings to the pass - ers - by.

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Two lit - tle birds in flight are thread - ing webs of gold in an end - less sky.

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Two lit - tle birds in flight are thread - ing webs of gold in an end - less sky.

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Three lit - tle birds with brush - es paint - ing moon - lit sighs in the height of day.

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Three lit - tle birds with brush - es paint - ing moon - lit sighs in the height of day.

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Four lit - tle birds with voi - ces gleam - ing breathe to the wind sing - ing ‘come my way!’

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Four lit - tle birds with voi - ces gleam - ing breathe to the wind sing - ing ‘come my way!’
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doo doo doo da da da da da da da da da da da

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Sing lit - tle bird so sweet - ly. ah

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Drown my fears com - plete - ly. ah da

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*Keyboard reduction for rehearsal only.