TO MY FRIEND CANON GORTON.

THERE IS SWEET MUSIC

THE WORDS WRITTEN BY TENNYSON

EDWARD ELGAR.

ri

(OP. 53. No. x.)

Andante.

1st .
SoPRANO.

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,...

2nd
SOPRANO

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TENOR.

mu .

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from The
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2nd
TENOR.

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is

,...

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is

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nm

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er falls Than pet als ..

...

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ft(fato eel e.p1ess.

here that soft

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er

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moito clim.
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walls

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in

a gleam-ing pass;

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-

.
here that soft-er falls

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i

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sic

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frifa

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bliss

ful skies.

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cool

moss-es

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t.J

c.-

sic

11

that brings swee.}sleep down from the

bliss

ful skies.

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that brings sweet sleep down from the

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ful skies.

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===-

moss-es

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cool

moss-es

-.____../
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IV

bliss

let sleep down from the

sf that brings swee~ sleep down from the bliss

fulskies,

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cool

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moss-es

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ful

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ful skies,

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ful skies,

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in

thestreamtheflow

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ersweep,

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skies.

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moss - es deep,

--=--

.r;tt

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flow

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skies.

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flow

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ers weep,

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sleep.

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ers weep,

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in
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IV

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skies.

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IV

skies.

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f
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sleep.

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n sleep.

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n sleep.

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poco

ledge the pop-

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ledge the pop .

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