SAMUEL BARBER Th ree Songs low G. SCHIRMER; Inc. oreoSAMUEL BARBER Three Songs FOR VOICE AND PIANO ISBN 0-7935-3837-8 G. SCHIRMER, Inc.‘Now have | fed and eaten up the rose’ Now have I fed and eaten up the rose Which then she laid within my stiffcold hand. That | should ever feed upon a rose never had believed in liveman’s land. Only | wonder was it white or red The flower that in the dark my food has been. Give us, and if Thou give, thy daily bread, Deliver us from evil, Lord, Amen. JAMES JOYCE om the German of Gotied Keller Words printed by permission ofthe Society of Authors {asthe literary representative of the Estate of James JoyceNow Have I Fed and Eaten up the Rose James Joyce (rom the German of Gottfried Keller) Samuel Barber Ops 45, Nod Moderato J =54 Voice Piano sempre_legato eat-en up the rose Which then she laid in my stiff-cold hand. I should ev-er feed. up-on a rose Copyright © 1974 by G. Schirmer, Inc. (ASCAP) New York, NY Ierational Copyright Secure. All Rights Reserved, 473570 ‘Warning: Unauthorized reproduction of this publication is prohibited by Federal law and subject to eriminal prosecution.rall. a tempo, broader —=y 3 —was it white ‘The flow'r that in the dark-ness__ —_—_—__- or red poco rit. Tempol — my food has been, Give us, and 47387if Thou give, thy dai - ly bread, De - liv-er us from e - vil, Lord, 47387A Green Lowland of Pianos in the evening as far as the eye can see herds of black pianos up to their knees in the mire they listen to the frogs they gurgle in water with chords of rapture they are entranced by froggish, moonish spontaneity after the vacation they cause scandals ina concert hall during the artistic milking suddenly they lie down like cows looking with indifference at the white flowers. of the audience at the gesticulating of the ushers CZESLAW MILOSZ From the Polish of lezy HaraymomiceA Green Lowland of Pianos Czeslaw Milosz from the Polish of Samuel Barber Jerzy Harasymowien Op. 45, No.2 Allegretto con grazia (in 2, 16), Voice Inthe eve-ning asfar as the eye can Piano black pian - os cantando up to their knees in the mire_ they lis - ten to the Copyright © 1974 by G. Schirmer, nc. (ASCAP) New York, NY 47357 International Copyright Secured. All Rights Reserved. i: Unauthorized reproduction of this publication fs ed by Federal law and subject to criminal prosecution,gur-gle in wa-ter - with chords__of rap - ture—— — they are en- tranced__ by frog - gish, moon ish spon-ta-ne- i- ty 47357rall. atempo, without hurrying =p poco rall. ———__———— 6333 ca-tion theycausescandals in a con-cert hall du-ring the artistic milking a wa —— a tempo ft = p suddenly they lie down_ like cows 4738710 =. look-ingwith in-dif-fer-ence— at the whiteflow -ers ofthe aud - => __—— roo tae at the ges-tic - u-la-ting of the ush - moving 47357pian - os, 210" 47357‘O boundless, boundless evening’ © boundless, boundless evening, Soon the glow Of long hills on the skyline will be gone, Like clear dream country now, rich-hued by sun. ‘O boundless evening where the cornfields throw ‘The scattered daylight back in an aureole. Swallows high up are singing, very small On every meadow glitters their swift flight, In woods of rushes and where tall masts stand In brilliant bays. Yet in ravines beyond Between the hills already nests the night. CHRISTOPHER MIDDLETON ram the German of erg Hey,13 O Boundless, Boundless Evening Christopher Middleton (from the German of George Heym) Samuel Barber ‘Tranquillo, un poco mosso 2-72 OP. 45; Noo mee Voice = © bound - less,bound- less eve - ning. © Soon the Piano sempre legato glow— Of long coun - try Copyright © 1974 by G, Schirmer, Inc. (ASCAP) New York, NY 47387 International Copyright Secured. All Rights Reserved Warni reproduction ofthis publication is14 47357 where the a corm bound - less eve - ning— a tempo throw The scat-tered day 8— (without hurrying) P On ev'-ry mead-ow glit-ters their swift 4735716 and where tall poco allarg. bril - tant 47387poco piit sostennto darker —— a allarg.sino alla fine Be-tween the hills al-read - y nests the