Old Abram Brown

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12 – Old Abram Brown

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★ Words Anon Old Abram

10 – Brown
Jazz-Man Music by
Music by BENJAMIN BRITTEN

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Words by

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Like a slow funeral march
ELEANOR FARJEON BENJAMIN BRITTEN

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Quick, with fire

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       
Crash and Clang!  Bash
Old
and Bang!  
A - bram Brown is dead and gone, You’ll

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   

                    
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p fdim

       And
 up

in the road the Jazz - Man sprang! The One - Man - Jazz - Band

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      p 
ne - ver see 10
him more; mf
He used to wear a long brown coat, That but - ton’d down be - fore.
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  
         
 ofNewington
play - ing in the street, Drums with his El - bows, Cym - bals with his Feet,

 7 – There
  was
 a man
  A - bram
         Old 
più f 13 f

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  is
  Brown deadand
 by   ne - ver
  You’ll
Musicgone,
 see him more; He

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In 2 parts BENJAMIN
Play - ing BRITTEN

   
Pipes with his Mouth, Ac - cord - ion with his Hand, all his In - stru - ments to
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
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Beat the Band! Toot and Tin - gle!
Old
There

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  used  to   long

 That    
Hoot and Jin - gle! Oh, What a Clat - ter! How the tunes

he was won      

wear a brown coat, but - ton’d down be - fore. Old

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  - ing    
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 - drous wise,
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   - ton, 
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was a man of And He

    all 
min - gle!   
Twen - ty child - ren could - n’t make as much Noise  
as The

 A - bram Brown ffis dead  and  gone, You’ll

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  ne - ver see
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  
him
 more; He
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        
8
jump’d in - to a quick - Howl -
set hedge, ing
And Pan out
scratch’d - de - mo - niumhis
both of the One - Man - Jazz!
eyes.
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  dim   
A - bram Brown is dead and gone, You’ll ne - ver see him more; He

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     But when he saw his eyes were out, With
  

 dim
used to wear a long brown coat, That but - ton’d down be - fore. Old

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             
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     
9

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   
all his might and main He jump’d in - to an - o - ther hedge, And

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used to wear a long brown coat, That but - ton’d down be - fore.

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       
          
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  
A - bram Brown is dead and gone, You’ll ne - ver see him more; He
scratch’d them in a - gain.
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★ From The Way of Poetry – John Drinkwater
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     
        

used to wear a long brown coat, That but - ton’d down be - fore.

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7 – ThereOldwas a man
A - bram ofisNewington
Brown dead and gone, You’ll ne - ver see him more; He

 p poco a poco crescendo

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        
BENJAMIN BRITTEN

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A - bram Brown is dead and gone, You’ll
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         

 was a man  of New - ing - ton, And he 
was won - drous wise, He 

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jump’d in - to a quick - set hedge, And scratch’d out both his eyes.

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  used   
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          
to wear long brown coat, That but - ton’d down be - fore. Old
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

     
But when he saw his eyes were out, With

 him more; 
 ne - ver see  
 
9 He used to wear a long brown coat, That

  
 poco a poco       
  crescendo    
      
       
all his might and main He jump’d in - to an - o - ther hedge, And


A - bram Brown is dead and gone, You’ll ne - ver see him more; He
    
 
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p

poco a poco crescendo

scratch’d them in a - gain.

          
★ From The Way of Poetry – John Drinkwater
Old A - bram Brown is dead and gone, You’ll
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  sempre più  
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 
A - bram Brown is dead and gone, You’ll ne - ver see him more; He

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f sempre più

      
        
but - ton’d down be - fore. Old A - bram Brown is dead and gone, You’ll

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      
f

       

used to wear a long brown coat, That but - ton’d down be - fore. Old

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ne - 7ver
– There wasmore;
see him a man of Newington
He used to wear a long brown coat, That

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★ Words Anon Music by
BENJAMIN BRITTEN

    

used to  wear       
  brown
 coat, f

    a  long That

  
but - ton’d down be - fore.
   
  
 
          
 
There

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   
  
 sempre  
ne - ver see him more; He used to wear a long brown coat, That

   
3
    
   
più

   was a man of     

New - ing - ton, And he was
 
won - drous wise,  
He

A - bram Brown is dead and gone, You’ll ne - ver see him more; He



     
f sempre più

         
    
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     

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but -inton’d
jump’d - to down
a quick be
- set- hedge,
fore.And scratch’d out Old
both his A eyes.
- bram Brown is dead and gone, You’ll
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     
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
7
f

              
 

  
  
But when he saw his eyes were out, With

    
 -ton’d
 but   be -fore.
 down   
 
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f)

           
 all his
  
might and main He jump’d in - to an - o - ther hedge, And


     
used to wear a long brown coat, That but-ton’d down be -fore.

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(sempre f )
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                
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    

scratch’d them in a - gain. 
ne -ofver
★ From The Way Poetrysee himDrinkwater
– John more; He used to wear a long brown coat, That but - ton’d down be - fore.

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           
Old A - bram Brown is dead and gone, You’ll

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
            
Old A - bram Brown is dead and gone, You’ll ne - ver see him more; He

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ne - ver see him more; He

  a man of Newington

7 – There    
ff
 was      
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used to wear a long brown coat, That but - ton’d
BENJAMIN down
BRITTEN be - fore. Old

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 There

used to wear a long brown coat, That

    

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           
was a man of New - ing - ton, And he was won - drous wise, He
A - bram Brown is dead and gone, You’ll ne - ver see him more; He

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but - ton’d down be - fore.

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Old Abram Brown

Old Abram Brown is dead and gone,

You’ll never see him more;
He used to wear a long brown coat,
That button’d down before.