Leader: Max
SOP: JL, MX
ALT: JB, WT
TEN: MR, LS
BASS: CM, RM, PS
Small group verses:
Verse 2: JL JB MR CS RM
Verse 3: MM WT LS PS
Here is version with a tempo that I like but it is not a choral version:
sheet music
all parts
soprano
alto
tenor
bass
Bass v2 (bars 5-6 aligned with sheet music)
Start notes: CGCE
(inverted C major, root C)
Key: C minor
(this is a shapenote arrangement which avoids the use of key signatures)
Notes from Song Leader
04.02.2025:
Instruction from Rob Sing with a tap above your sternum for every 4th beat.
New order reminder …
Verses 2 and 3 are sung in small groups but we ALL sing Verse 1 and all choruses – SEE Updated lyrics for website doc attached below and read Past Notes written below.
20.01.2025:
I would like us to perform this song with some small group singing. (Credit to Janette for the suggestion). I agree it will freshen up the song and its staging. – I have assigned small groups parts above and on my lyric sheet Don’t Kneel At My Graveside And Cry Lyrics UPDATED for website
Past notes
In sheet music ‘Upon the stone’, Bar 5, should read ‘AND ON the stone‘ as decided in rehearsals; it is correct on my lyric sheet but please amend your sheet music.
We soften our sound significantly for ‘And in the stillness of the night’ and for ‘And in the silence of the night‘, Bars 5-6 in Verses 2 and 3.
We repeat the last line of the song, a repeated chorus, slowing down the the last phrase ‘…don’t kneel at my graveside and cry, Bar 14-15. We agreed to watch song leader for timing on this in past performances.
Thanks for the revised BASS part above, Peter.
Past performances:
Winter Tide, 2018
Wrablers 10th Anniversary, 2021