Children Will Listen

Words and Music by

Stephen Sonheim
Arr. by Lanselle Nantes

Faster
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= 90

q = 118
Soprano Solo

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& #4

How do you say to your

child

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SOPRANO

Ah

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ALTO

ah

Doo

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TENOR

doo

Doo

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doo

ah

doo

ah

Doo

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ah

Doo

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Doo

Doo

BASS

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Doo

doo

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ah

Doo

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in the night

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noth-ing's all

black, but then noth - ing's all white?

How do you say

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doo

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it will all

doo

doo

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molto rit.

A tempo

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be all

right when you

know

that it

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might not be true?

What do you do?

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doo

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doo

ah

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Da da (sim.)

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doo

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doo

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doo

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ah

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Da da (sim.)

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Doo

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da

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Care-ful

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the things you say,

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doo

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doo

da

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Care-ful

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(sim.)

doo

doo
doo

doo

(sim.)

ooh

(sim.)

ooh

doo

doo

doo

doo

w
w

doo

the things you do,

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chil-dren will

see

and

doo

doo

doo

doo

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bb
(sim.)

doo

chil -dren will lis - ten.

learn.

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Chil-dren may not

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Doo

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Doo

doo

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j
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o bey,

but chil-dren will lis - ten.

Chil-dren will look to you

ooh

ooh

doo

doo

doo

doo

for

doo

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Doo

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doo

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which way to turn,

to learn what to be.

Care-ful be-fore you say,

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"Lis - ten to

me."

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doo

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doo

ooh

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doo

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Chil-dren will lis- ten.

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Chil-dren will lis- ten.

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ah

ah

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Care-ful the wish you

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ah

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(ah)

doo

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make,

wish-es are chil dren.

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ah
ah

ooh

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ooh

Care-ful the path you

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take,

doo

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not free.

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Care-ful the path you

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take,

wish-es come true,

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doo
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doo doo

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doo doo

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(Legato)

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(Legato)

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ooh
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Care-ful the spell you cast,

not just on chil - dren.

Some-times the spell may last

ooh

(Legato)

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Doo

doo

doo

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w

doo

doo

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&

ooh

and

turn a-gainst you.

Care-ful the tale you tell,

that is the

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and

turn a-gainst you.

doo

that is the

ooh
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3

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past what you can see

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doo

and

turn a-gainst you.

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ooh

and

doo

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that is the

turn a-gainst you.

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that is the

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Suddenly soft

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spell.

Chil-drenwill

lis - ten.

ah

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doo

(sim.)

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spell.

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spell.

Chil-drenwill

lis - ten.

ah

Chil-drenwill

lis - ten.

ah

lis - ten.

ah

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Doo doo

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doo doo doo doo

(sim.)

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Doo doo

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spell

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Chil-drenwill

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How can you say

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doo doo

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"Don't slip a- way and I won't

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hold so tight?"

nn

doo

ah

doo

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- un-der stood?

n
ah

doo

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who's in ight,

doo

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mat - ter how slight, won't be mis

What do you leave to your child when you're dead?

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On-ly what ev - er you put

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J

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(sim.)

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n nn
Doo doo

child

Ooh

Doo doo

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that no

Ooh

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doo doo

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j

What can you say,

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to a

(sim.)

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rit.

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Things that your moth - er and fa

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ther had said which were left

to them too.

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in its head.

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doo

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Care-ful what you

say,

chil-dren will lis - ten.

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Care-ful what you

say,

Care-ful you do it too,

chil-dren will lis - ten.

ah

Care-ful you do it too,
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Care-ful what you

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say,

chil-dren will lis - ten.

ah

chil-dren will lis - ten.

Care-ful you do it too,

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Care-ful you do it too,

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chil-dren will see

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say,

Care-ful what you

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and

learn

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Guide them but step a way,

chil-dren will chil-dren will

see

and learn

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see

and learn

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Guide them but step a way,

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Guide them but step a way,

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chil-dren will see

and

learn

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Guide them but step a way,

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chil-dren will glis - ten

Tam -per with what is

true,

chil-dren will

turn,

if
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chil-dren will glis -ten Tam -per with what is

true,

chil-dren will turn,

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chil-dren will turn,

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chil-dren will turn,

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chil-dren will glis - ten

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what is

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true,

chil-dren will glis - ten

what is

true,

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just to be free,

Care-ful be fore you say,

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"Lis - ten to

me."

Chil-dren will lis- ten,

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just to be free,

Care-ful be fore you say,

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"Lis - ten to

me."

Chil-dren will lis- ten, lis - ten,

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"Lis - ten to

me."

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Chil-dren will lis- ten, lis - ten,

just to be free,

Care-ful be fore you say,

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"Lis - ten to

me."

Chil-dren will lis- ten, lis - ten,

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