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Loveliest of Trees
For Larry Angel
Poem by
Music by
A. E. Housman
Clif Hardin
= 56
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  
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5
S


     

of
Love - li - est
of
trees,
the

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Love - li - est
 
of

  
 

cher

-
ry now
Is

the
hung with bloom,
 

   

 
the
cher - ry now Is hung with bloom,
the


     
 
trees,
     

B

     

T



legato e espressivo

Love - li - est
A
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trees,
the
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cher - ry now

Is
hung
with bloom,
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
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Oo
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 



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
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S
A
T
B


        


 
 
cher - ry now Is
hung
with bloom a - long the bough,


        






 
cher - ry now Is
hung
with bloom a - long the bough,
   






 

  
cher - ry now Is
hung with bloom a - long the bough,


espress.




 



   
 





(oo)
Is
hung
with bloom a - long
the bough,

  







  




























 








13
S
 

A


  


 

 






 
Ah,
of
 
trees,
the
cher
-
ry now



of
trees,
the




 





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
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
 





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

cher - ry now

  


 
            
Love - li - est

Ah,
      

B
espress.



Love - li - est
T




 
Is
hung with bloom,
the


     
Is
hung
with bloom, the
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

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
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Oo
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S
 
   
   
cresc.
now
Is
cresc.
A
T
B
hung
with bloom
hung
cher - ry now
cresc.
hung
with
bloom
 

with bloom


S
Is

 





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 



21
  





T
B






hung
And

 


   
with bloom
a - long
the bough, And
 

 

 
 


  


   
   


 

   


  

the wood
land ride,
And



  
  





  
 

 
 
 


stands,
and stands a - bout the wood
land, wood - land ride, And









  
  
 

stands
a - bout
the wood
land ride,
 And

 







stands
A
a - long the bough,

  
(oo)

And


a - long the bough,
     




 

Is

And


a - long the bough,
           
cher - ry now
Is
cresc.



stands
a - bout
a
-
bout
the
wood
-
land
ride,
And
  
  
 
















  
 



















 
 
 






 

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




 


stands
a - bout the wood - land ride
 Wear piu f
    
   


stands
a - bout the wood - land ride
Wear 
piu f
      



stands
a - bout the wood - land ride
Wear 

piu f

       
25


 

piu f
S
A
T
B
stands
a - bout the
wood - land ride
  


      

ing white for
Eas - ter - tide.
ing white for
Eas - ter - tide, for
ing white for
Eas - ter - tide,
Wear - ing white for
Eas - ter - tide,
     

  
  

 



 




















 
















 


piu forte

   










 

 



29
S
  
A

Eas
T
B


-
ter -









   
for
 
for
Eas

 


Eas
-
 
-
  
ter


-


ter - tide.
 

  

dim.
    
 
 




 





tide.
poco rall.

 


poco rall.

   
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
   
32
poco piu mosso
= 60
S






A






T




tide.
B
  

 



 


legato e cantabile
    

Now,
of
my
three - score
years
and
ten,
Now,
of
my
three - score
years
and
ten,
     


 

  






  


  







poco piu mosso






36
S






A






T


B

            
twen - ty will not
come a - again, And take from se - ven - ty
   
         

twen - ty will not
  
 

 




come
a - again, And








take from
se - ven - ty


   
a score, It

  

springs
springs a score,



















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