a national hero
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Duration: 6' 30'' ca Lewis Coenen-RoweDecember 2014
'A National Hero'Or 'Elizabeth Fry Until I Die'
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cause di sa- - ble- - -
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tribes.
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tribes.
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tribes. Tur
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hysterical
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tribes.
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hysterical
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tribes. Tur
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...ry
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at all costs,
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Tur bu
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hysterical
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all costs,
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all costs
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I
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do not un der- stand-
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gainst un ci
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Bombastic
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tribes
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to- ry We'll
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meet a gain-
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fields
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meet a gain-
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so much been owed
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meet a gain- don't know where...
fields
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of hu man- con flict- has
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so much been owed
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shall fight on the bea ches,- shall fight in the fie lds-
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of hu man- con flict- has
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so much been owed
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don't know where don't know when
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but we
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all will meet a gain
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terms King
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Bombastic
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King
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King
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solo
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King
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Vic
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to- ry- at all
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to- ry- at all costs.
at all costs. Vic to- ry-
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(solo)
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(solo)legatiss.
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at all costs
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costs
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emphatic
It is ne
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ver- pos
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si- ble-
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mp
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conversational
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when
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emphatic
they think you areweak
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conversational
or
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si- ble...- when they think
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When they think
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of them
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Sinister, threateningVery rhythmic
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and
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crushed and
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when, We'll
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tutti
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B.
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gain don't know where don't know when
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meet a gain- don't know where don't knowwhen
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meet a gain- don't know where don't know when,
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meet a gain- don't know where
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don't knowwhere don't know when,
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meet a gain- don't knowwhere,
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gain don't know where don't know when,
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meet a gain- don't know
meet a gain- don't knowwhere, when,
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meet a gain
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A.
T.
B.
we'll,
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meet a gain- don't know where, meet a -
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Vic
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to- ry- at all costs
we'll meet a gain- don't know where
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where,
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we'll meet a gain- don't know where don't know
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to- ry- at all costs
don't know where, don't know when
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A.
T.
B.
gain don't know where,
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we'll
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meet a gain don't know where,
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Vic
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to- ry- in spite of all ter ror-
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meet
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a gain,- we'll meet a gain- don't know where, where
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when
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meet a gain don't know where
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to- ry- in spite of all ter ror-
meet a gain- don't
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know where, where,
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to ry- in spite of all ter ror
3
3
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A.
T.
B.
where, where,
Progressively less rhythmic
166
ter
f
ror
where, where,
ter
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where, where, where, where,
ter
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where, where, where,
ter
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div.
38
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A.
T.
B.
where, where,
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171
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mf
where,
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where
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where,
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where,
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A.
T.
B.
174
We'll
mp
meet a gain- We'll
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meet a -
where
We'll
mp
meet again- We'll
p
meet a -
where
We'll
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meet again- We'll
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meet a -
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meet again- We'll
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meet a -
3
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S.
A.
T.
B.
gain don't know where don't know when But
ff
molto vib.we'll all meet a gain- some sun ny-
Bombastic
178
molto vib.
But
ff
we all will meet a gain- some sun ny-
gain don't know where don't know when but
molto vib.
ff
we all will meet a gain- some sun ny-
molto vib.
ff
we all will meet a gain- some sun ny-
gain don't know where don't knowwhenmolto vib.but
ff
we all will meet a gain- some sun ny-
gain don't know where don't know when
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molto vib.but we'll all meet a gain- some sun ny-
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tutti
3 3 3
3
tutti
3
3
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3
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3 3 3
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41
S.
A.
T.
B.
some sun ny- sun
ff
ny- poi son- His
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to
whisper
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183
some sun ny- sun
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ny- poi son- His
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to
whisper
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some sun ny- poi
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son poi son- His
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to
whisper
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some...poi son- poi son- poi son- His
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to
whisper
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3 3 3
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3 3 3
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A.
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B.
will be kind to me for I
190
will be kind to me for I
kind to me for I
will be kind to me for I
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A.
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B.
in tend- to write
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in tend- to write
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in tend- to write
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3 3
3 3
3
3
3
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gliss.
lowest note
gliss.
lowest note
gliss.
lowest note
gliss.
lowest note
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