The Hanging Tree

Grace Hutko

Swung
Andante

  43  
Voice
            
Are you are you com ing to the tree where they strung up a
ff

Voice   43     

Voice   43     

 3     
Voice
4

Violin   43     

Viola   43     

 3     
Double Bass
8
4

Low Tom  43      
           
6

Vo.   
man they say mur dered three? Strange things did hap pen here. No

Vo.      

Vo.      

Vo.
     

Vln.      

Vla.      

Cb.
     
8

L. To.      

2
      
11

     
     
Vo.

strange er would it be if we met up at mi id night in the hang ing tree.

Vo.       

Vo.       

Vo.
      

Vln.       

Vla.       

Cb.
      
8

L. To.       

3
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17

Vo.
            
Are you are you com ing to the tree where the dead man called

  
Vo.             
Are you are you com ing to the tree where the dead man called
mf

Vo.      

Vo.
     

Vln.      
Ad lib Irish-style slides

             
and grace notes



Vla.

Cb.
        
8

L. To.               

4
            
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Vo.  
out for his love to flee? Strange things did hap pen here. No

           
 
Vo.

out for his love to flee? Strange things did ha a pen here. No

Vo.      

Vo.
     

Vln.      

         
Vla.    

             
Cb. 
8

L. To.               

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      
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     
    
Vo.

strange er would it be if we met up at mi id night in the hang ing

               
Vo.

strange er would it be
  met up at mi id night in the hang ing
if we

Vo.      

Vo.
     

Vln.      

Vla.      
    
     


              
Cb.
8

L. To.               

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    
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Vo.
          
tree. Are you are you com ing to the tree where I
fff

 
          

Vo.

tree. Are you are you com ing to the tree where I

 
Vo.              
mp A are you a are you com ing to the tree where I

Vo.
     

   
Vln.
   
p
     
       

Vla.

         
f

Cb.
       
8 3 3
3
3 3 3 3

L. To.                      

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      
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Vo.
   
told you to run so we'd both be free?

Vo.          
told you to run so we'd both be free?

Vo.           
told you to run so we'd bo oth be free?

Vo.
    

Vln.         

      
Vla.   

Cb.
                 
8 3
3 3 3
3 3 3 3

L. To.                 

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        
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Vo.    
Strange things did hap pen here. No strange er would it

     
     
Vo.

Strange things did ha a pen here. No strange er would it

Vo.             
Stra ange things did hap pen here. No strange er would it

Vo.
   

        
3
Vln.

       
mf
  
Vla. 

                 
Cb.
3 3
8
3 3 3

L. To.                      

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     
44

Vo.
     
  
be if we met up at mi id night in the hang ing

        
Vo.
    
be met up at mi id night in the hang ing
if we

Vo.            

be if we met up at mi id night i in the

Vo.
    

     
3


3
Vln.
      
Vla.             


Cb.
                     
8 3
3 3
3 3 3 3

L. To.                    

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    
48

Vo.
       
tree. Are you are you com ing to the

 
       

Vo.

tree. Are you are you com ing to the


Vo.             
tree. A are you a are you com ing to the

      
Vo.

ff Come come
come to the
Optional Ad Lib

  
3

Vln. 
 
    
p mf
          

Vla.

            
Cb.
8
3
3 3 3 3

L. To.                 

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      
52

Vo.
      
tree? Wear a neck lace of rope side by side with me.

Vo.             
tree? Wear a neck lace of rope side by side with me.

Vo.              
tree? Wear a neck lace of rope side by si ide with me.

Vo.
        

tree. a neck lace with me.

Wear

    
3

         
  
Vln.

        
Vla.    

Cb.
        
8
3 3 3

L. To.                 

12
        
57

Vo.    
Strange things did hap pen here. No strange er would it

     
     
Vo.

Strange things did ha a pen here. No strange er would it

Vo.             
Stra ange things did hap pen here. No strange er would it

     
Vo.

Come come
come to be

             
3
Vln.
 
          
Vla. 

     
Cb.
8

L. To.             

13
     
60

Vo.
      
  
be if we met up at mi id night in the hang ing tree.

   
    
Vo.
   
be met up at mi id night
if we

Vo.       

Vo.
      

free.

      

Vln.

          
Vla.  

Cb.
      
8

L. To.               

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