RASPBERRY ISLAND DREAMING I. THE RIVER IS LIBBY LARSEN

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1 OYCE SUTPHE RASPBERRY ISLAD DREAMIG I THE RIVER IS LIBBY LARSE 6 11 sky (drone) q = freely throughout f II ed P f ro-ing it-self a-cross the ed I II ull ack temo rimo Í land f (drone) Or the riv - er is a in a herd long P of hors- es la- zy oat (as a soothsayer) The riv-er is the A ush ahead ort un- der the roll - ing Coyright 2002 Liy Larsen

2 2 15 B ush ahead 5 silk that slis to shore f f f f ull ack temo rimo The riv - er is an old song tell- ing 5 5 (drone) 22 C 5 all its trou- le in at - er ov - er *reeat attern ad liitum 5 5 at - er - falls * continue end π

3 2 r It has a stead- y heart the riv - er does and sounds its cur - rent sim π ƒ end 27 ( ) D 5 >Í through the dust - y land > sim 5 continue end f 5 su The riv - er is all 0 n ush ahead to m 6 7 dreams e ev - er dreamed: slo - seet mem - o - ry sift - rush - ing ter - ror su > > 7 7

4 7 tak- ing us ash- ing us car- ry- ing us a-long its ay hich is al - ays the 7 >f > 7 > > 5 ull ack freely ith room and sace same al- ays mov - ing a - dim ay from hat e found nev- er com - ing in the same ay a- gain 9 E temo rimo morendo P (drone) * end attacca *Old Man River

5 II WHERE THE RIVER BEDS 5 OYCE SUTPHE LIBBY LARSE q = 80 gently armly * P # # # # One 6 # # 10 Sun - day e ent don to the riv - er # # # recitative freely 10 r r a temo g all of us in our fort - y nine Chev - y un - til e reached the # *Shenandoah

6 6 1 # gate and my # fath - er said recitative freely 9 (in the father's voice) r "Come on I'll lead the rest of the ay" a temo # # 9 9 g g armly 16 G There ere hors - es in the fields here e 21 alked ( ) ( ) There ere ( ) ( ) haks ( ) cir - cling here the ( ) riv - er ent ( )

7 We ere lue - eaned il - grims ho on - ly recitative freely r talked of north - ern ike of car and of hea- sants r H f # 2 # I ut my feet don here the # # P # # #

8 8 8 # recitative freely sloly 9 a temo riv - er ran and sat on a stone that noth - ing could move and atched the # 9 9 π g 1 # # 10 grey ri - on sli through the land # # 10 # 10 I 10 recitative freely # light as the ind like a hand in a glove a temo g lightly g armly

9 9 7 Years late hen it as time to go home e ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) 52 K alked sin- gle file filled u to the rim ( ) ( ) ( ) gently armly P # U U

10 10 III RASPBERRY ISLAD PATRICIA HAMPL from "Shall We Gather at the River" L q = 80 very smoothly like a rushing current 1/2 ed ad li LIBBY LARSE (admonishing) "Don't drive don to the 5 freely recitative (in the mother's voice) 16 (in the oet's voice) riv - er!" g "Don't drive don to the riv- er" my moth - er ould say

11 11 6 hen my fath - er and I iled in - to the ord M a temo smoothly again 8 (in the father's voice) ort 6 "Hmmm" he ould say "Hmmm" freely recitative 6 My fath - er loved sring floods a temo He drove 6 6 g

12 12 12 n slo - ly aus - ing and oint - ing and 1 not say - ing much recitative freely 16 (in the father's voice) r r "Ducks" he ould say "at - er - cress g 15 n mush - room caves Ras - er - ry Is - land" O a temo very smoothly n

13 1 17 We sat there not seak - ing for a hile in the 19 lea - sant af - ter - noon n 21 to slend - er oats skim- ming a - long the riv - er

14 recitative freely (in the father's voice) "This used to e the lace here eo- le gath- ered (recit still freely) Pic- nics sim- ming g * 25 P a temo mu - sic g 28 And hy not Why not gath - er at the *Shall We Gather at the River

15 15 0 riv - er Why not gath - er at the 2 riv - er All of us We'll hear mu - sic

16 16 6 Here at the riv - er the 8 eau - ti - ful riv - 0 * 1 Q rit er *Use ending #1 if you'd like to include the hymn Include mm 2 - end

17 17 (q = 66-72) ẇ simly quietly Shall e gath - er at the (drone) riv - er 7 Where right an - gels feet have trod With its cry - stal tide for - ev - er flo- ing 51 y the throne of God Yes e ill gath-er at the riv - er the eau-ti-ful the eau-ti-ful

18 18 56 riv - er gath - er ith the saints y the riv - er that flos y the throne of n * 2 60 God R temo rimo lontano rit niente *Use ending #2 if you'd like to exclude the hymn Move from m 2 to m 61