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Ten Thousand Miles Away

Sing I for a brave and a gallant barque, for a stiff and a rattling breeze,
A bully crew and a captain true, to carry me o’er the seas.
To carry me o’er the seas, my boys, to my true love so gay,
Who went on a trip on a government ship, ten thousand miles away.

Oh, blow ye winds, hi oh! A-roaming I will go.

I’ll stay no more on England’s shore, so let the music play.
I’ll start by the morning train to cross the raging main,
For I’m on the road to my own true love, ten thousand miles away.

My true love, she was handsome. My true love, she was young.
Her eyes were blue as the violet’s hue, and silvery was the sound of her tongue.
And silvery was the sound of her tongue, my boys, and while I sing this lay,
She’s a-doing of the grand in a far-off land, ten thousand miles away.

Oh, blow ye winds, hi oh! A-roaming I will go.

I’ll stay no more on England’s shore, so let the music play.
I’ll start by the morning train, to cross the raging main,
For I’m on the road to my own true love, ten thousand miles away.

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American Folk Set

for High Voice and Piano
Ten Thousand Miles Away
Traditional American Text Traditional American Tune
Arranged by Steven Mark Kohn
Smoothly flowing, with feeling e = 126–138
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     
Sing I for a brave and a
Smoothly flowing, with feeling e = 126–138
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           
    
 
 legato sempre

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       
            
gal - lant barque, for a stiff and a rat - tling breeze, A

  
                       
 
         l.h.
 

 
 P on chord changes throughout

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       
        
     
bul - ly crew and a cap - tain true, to car - ry me o’er the

     
        
                       
 
 
 
   

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    
             
   

         
seas. To car - ry me o’er the seas, my boys, to my
 
               
      
   
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       
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     
 


  
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      
      
 
true love so gay, Who went on a trip on a
           
 
                  

 
 
            
        
 
 

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  
mf
    
           

Gov - ern - ment ship ten thou - sand miles a - way. Oh,

 
        
         
                    
  
     
    

 

 

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
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 with passion
       
       
   
blow ye winds, hi oh! A - roam - ing I will


            
                
   

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
       

    
 
       
 
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 
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          
        
go. I’ll stay no more on Eng - land’s shore so

    
        
              
     



       
      
  
       
 


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  
           
     

let the mu - sic play. I’ll start by the morn - ing

  
 
                
          



    
 
 
più f
 
       
    
   
 
 
  p 
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
f
       
        
train to cross the rag - ing main, For I’m

 

3

 
        

      
            
 
 l.h.
f

  

      
      
  

   
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       
          
on the road to my own true love, ten thou - sand miles a -

              

 
     
espr.
                  
   
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       
  
   
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
      
way.
  

               
  
                  
p


            
     
   
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 
      
    
              

            

       


      
      
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 
 
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           
 
My true love, she was

   
 
      
          
     
  
mf

  
          
       



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        
         
hand - some, my true love, she was young. Her

             
    

              


     
 
      
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       più p

            

eyes were blue as the 
vio - let’s hue, and sil - v’ry was the sound of her
             
   
 


     
    
     

  
più p
      
        
  

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     
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             
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tongue. And sil - v’ry was the sound of her tongue, my boys, and

       
      
    
  
         
       
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 
        
    

      
52 cresc. poco a poco
    
     
while I sing this lay, she’s a - doing
 of the grand in a



     
         

 
      
 
cresc. poco a poco

  
       

 
     

   


  
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   
        
far - off land, ten thou - sand miles a - way.

        
            
    
      
     
            
 
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58 rall. poco a tempo

f
     
          
Oh, blow, ye winds, hi oh! A -
rall. poco a tempo
 
 
    
     

 
      
 



l.h.
 
f
  
        
  


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           
      
roam - ing I will go. I’II stay no more on

             
 
          
        
 
   
         
   
      


 
64
        

         

Eng - land’s shore, so let the mu - sic play. I’ll

    
       
                
        


 
 
   
 
      
  
  

67
       
        

start by the morn - ing train to cross the rag - ing

              
   
       
          
 
3
 

          
       
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          
  
main, For I’m on the road to my


rit. A tempo, somewhat slower
    

       
 
    
                 
l.h.


     
p

p   
     



     
73
 
rall. pp

          

own true love, ten thou - sand miles a-

rall.
      
                   
         

   pp

      
  
 


76 A tempo

     
way,
  
delicatissimo


A tempo
     
            
pp


   
 
   
 
   
 
  
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   ,

79 pp sotto voce rall.
 
           
ten thou - sand miles a -

      
                 
rall.
    

           


   

 
   
 
   
 
 



82

A tempo, somewhat slower
 
          
way.
A tempo, somewhat slower
  
                 
         
    


p

      
       
      

rit. Adagio rall. al fine

85 
     
     
 


      
  
pp

   
  
   

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