R. VAUGHAN WILLIAMS TEN BLAKE SONGS oJ CONTENTS 1 Infant Joy aT 2 A Poison Tree . .2 3. The Piper 7 4 London 17 5 The Lamb .8 6 The Shepherd . . 10 7 Ab! Sun-flower 10 8 Cruelty bas a Human Heart 12 9 The Divine Image... 13 ro Eternity... . . . 44Dedicated to Wilfred Brown and Janet Craxton TEN BLAKE SONGS FOR VOICE AND OBOE WILLIAM BLAKE (1757-1827) R. VAUGHAN WILLIAMS 1 INFANT JOY (enor or Soprano) Andante con moto SS “I haveno name: I ambut two days a VOICE OBOE old.” Whatshall I call thee? “I hap-pyam, Joy is myname.” Sweetjoy _be- Pretty Joy! Sweet Joy, but two days —=-_. old. Sweet Joy. I call thee. — Thoudostsmile, I sing the while, __ = ci — Sweet joy be-fall thee! LE Note: The oboe parts ofthese songs may, incase of necessity, be played on a violin or (by transposing ‘the songs down a tone) on a B lat clarinet—but nether ofthese expedients it advisable, R.V.W, © oxford Universi Pres, 1958 Printed in Great Bian OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS, MUSIC DEPARTMENT, 44 CONDUIT STREET, LONDON, W.l2 A POISON TREE (Tenor) VOICE ‘OBOE — 1 was an-gry with my friend: told my wrath, my wrath an-gry with my foe: And I wa-ter'd it Night_and morning with my tears; ss Ten Blake SongsAnd with soft de-ceit-ful wiles. = 4 — ZS And it grew both day and night, Till__it___bore an ap- ple bright, ——— = And my foe be-held it shine, And he knew that it pam — And in - 0 =_ my gar-den stole Whenthe night had veil’dthe pole: morn- ing glad I see My — foe____ out -stretch’d be-neath aT the tree, a ‘Ten Blake Songs3 THE PIPER (Tenor or Soprano) Allegro moderato (4-=63) YoIcE Pip - ingdown ‘OBOE val - leys wild, Pip - ing songs of plea - sant gle,____ On a a cloud I saw a child, And he laugh- ing said to me: song) abou a Lomb So I piped with mer - f =— Pp “Pi - per, pipe that song a - gains” So ‘Ten Blake Songsthy Pipes. “Drop thy pipe, ‘hap - py ~gain, While he wept with joy => ——— ‘Ten Blake SongsLargamente zo _Mntamente So he — van-ish’d from my Ye pluck’d a hol - low reed, And I wrote my hap-py songs Ev- ¢-ry child may ‘Ten Blake SongsOBOE TACET 4 LONDON (Tenor) In free time Voice I wan-derthro’each chart - er'd street Nearwhere the chart - erd— a Thames does flow, ___________ And mark in ev-e-ry face = T_ meet Marks of weak -ness, marksof woe._________ In ev-e-ry cry of: ev-e =r Man, In ev-e-ry — In- fant’s cry of fear, In ev-e-ry — <7 ‘The mind-forg’d ma-na-cles I _ hear, voice, in ev-e-ry ban, a How the chim-ney sweep - er’s cry Ev ~- e-ry_ black~'ningchurch ap - ’ ~ pals; And the —hap-less sol - dier’s sigh Runs in blood down pa ~ lace walls. But most thro’ — mid - nightstreets I hear How the youth- fal har = —lo’s_curse Blasts the new-born In ~ fant’s tear, And blights with plagues the mar ~riage hearse. [Note: This song may be transposed down a semitone of atone. ‘Tea Blake Songs5 THE LAMB (Tenor) Andante con moto VOICE Lit-tle Lamb, whomade thee? Dost thou know who made thee>. OBOE = Gavethee life, and bid thee feed, By thestream ando’er the mead; Gave thee — cloth~ ingof de - light, Soft - est__cloth- ing wool- ly, bright; Gave thee a such a ten-der voice, Mak-ing all the vales re - joice?. Lit-te Lamb, who made thee? Dostthou know whomade thee? ‘Ten Blake SongsLit-deLamb, Tl tell thee. Lit-tle Lamb Tl —— > He is call-&d by thy_ name, calls Him-self_ a Lamb. He jis meek,and He -came a lit - de_ child, Ia child, and thou a__ lamb. eOO_—. Lit-tleLamb, God bless thee! Lit-tle Lamb, God bless thee!__ —. ‘Tea Blake Songs10 (OBOE TACET 6 THE SHEPHERD (enor oF Soprano) Allegretto (4 =132) YoIcE How sweet is the Shep-herd’s sweet lot! Fromthe morn tothe eve-ning he strays; © He shall fol - low his sheep all the day, — Andhis — tongueshall be fill - - - - - @d with praise, For he hears the lamb’s in - no - cent call, © And he hears theewe’s. ten- der re - ~ plys. He is watch ful while they are in peace, For they —— know__________ whentheir Shep - - - herd is nigh. ‘Note: This song may be transposed down a semitone, & tone, or & minor thd. 7 AH! SUN-FLOWER (Tenor) Moderato senza misura ~~ VoICE Ah, Sun-flower! wea-ry of time,— a senza misura 3 OBOE Ten Blake Songsn = —— Who coun-test the steps of 5 Seek~ing af - ter that Same a sweet gol- den clime, Where the wav- el -ler’s jour —_—— a (eer ee 5 ‘Where the Youth pined a - way with de- = pale Vir - gin shroud-ed in snowy. A ~ rise from their graves,and ‘Ten Blake Songs2 8 CRUELTY HAS A HUMAN HEART (Tenor or Soprano) Moderato = a VOICE ‘OBOE ——S ‘hu-man heart, ~ And Jea Jou-sy a hu - man faces, =~ f ft SS ror the hu-manform di- vine, 3— f SS édiron, The i Se - cre-cy the hu-man dress,____ ‘The hu-man dress is forg - —~ f = i¢hu-man face a fur The hu - manheart its hun Ten Blake SongsOBOE TACET 9 THE DIVINE IMAGE (Tenor or Soprano) Semplice To Mer-cy, Pi- ty,. Peace,andLove All pray in their dis - tress; a And to. these vir-wes of. delight’ Re — turn. theirthank-ful — ness, For Mer-cy, Pi- ty, Peace, and Love Is God, our Fa-ther dear, a And = Mer-cy, Pi- ty,— Peace, and.Love Is man,_ His_childand care, For_ Mercy has a hu- man heart, Pi-ty a hu - man. face, a = And — Love,the- hu-man form di - vine, And Peace, the. hu -man dress, Then - ve-ry man, of e- ve-ry clime, That prays in his_ dis - tess, mo Prays tothe hu -manform di - vine, Love, Mer-cy,_ Pi-ty, Peace. And ded all must Jove the hu - man form, In hea - then, Turk, or Jew; —— > ‘Where Mer - cy, Love, and Pi - ty dwell There God_ is dwel - ling too. ‘Tea Blake Songs4 10 ETERNITY (Tenor or Soprano) Andante sostenuto (J =66) Voice He who binds to him-selfa Joy Doth the wing- édlife des-troy; But_ OBOE, hewho kiss-esthe Joy as it flies Lives in E-ter - ni-ty’s sun - rise, —f ae The_ look of. love a -larms, ~ cause it’s ill’d with fire; Butthelookofsoft_ de - ceitShall winthe lo - ver’shire. Soft deceit These are Beau - a —=E “= and ——— ‘Ten Blake Songs Vale & Cady Ames, Back, Engh OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS