There is an old belief

Songs of Farewell No. 4

J. G. Lockhart C. H. H. Parry
(1794-1854)
 Alla breve   (1848-1918)

       
poco cresc.
      
Soprano I

 
  There is an old be - lief,

That on some so - lemn shore, Be -
       
poco cresc.
Soprano II
        
 There is an
  
old be-lief,
poco cresc.
That

on some so- lemn shore,
           
 
Alto


  There is an old be - lief, That on some so- lemn shore,
  
Be -
            
poco cresc.
Tenor  
  There is an old be - on some
      poco cresc.  
lief, That so- lemn shore,
      
Bass I 
 There is an 
      
old be-lief, That on some

poco cresc.
   
so - lemn shore, Be -

Bass II    
 There is an old be - lief, That on some  shore,
so - lemn Be -
 
     
   
      
         
   
Rehearsal   
    
poco cresc.
           
only
        
    
 

     
5
     
      
 grief

S yond the sphere of dear friends shall meet once more,
   ()           
 Be - yond
  the sphere of grief

dear friends shall
    ()      
A
        
dearfriends
 
yond the sphere of grief shall meet once more,
T              
  Be - yond the
   () 
   
sphere of grief
    
dear
   
yond the sphere of  grief
 
dear friends shall meet once
B
             
 
yond the sphere of grief dear friends shall meet, dear friends shall
    
                     
    
   
 
 
   ()             
            


1 There is an old belief - Parry

  
poco animando
      ()   
S dear friends shall meet,
 shall meet once more.
 
poco animando
   ()   
 shall   
meet, meet once more. Be -
 
 
poco animando
A             
shall meet,
 shall meet once more. Be- yond the sphere of
    
T    
()  
 friends shall meet,
 shall meet once more.
     ()     
poco animando   
()

B more,
 shall meet once more. Be- yond the sphere of
   
poco animando
 
meet,
 shall meet once more.
 
 
poco animando
      
     ()      


    
   
   ()
()



    

10           
   
 Be-yond the
S
  sphere of Time and Sin, and Fate's
               

yond the sphere of Time and Sin,  Be - yond the sphere of
          
A       
Time and Sin,  Be - yond the sphere of Time and Sin,
        
          
T

  Be-yond the  Be - yond the sphere of
    
sphere of Time and Sin,
       

B Time and Sin,  Be - yond the sphere of Time and
          
 Be - yond the 
 sphere of Time and
     
                    

 
   
    
     
               

J
2 There is an old belief - Parry
                
dolce 15
 
 Se-rene
S
  con - trol, in change- less
     
dolce
        
Time and Sin and Fate's con - trol,
 Se - rene in change- less
     
dolce

A       
and Fate's con - trol,
 Se - rene
           
  
dolce
   

T
 Time and Sin and Fate's con - trol,
 Se - rene in change-less prime
       dolce  

B Sin and Fate's

con-trol, Se - rene in
    
   
Sin and Fate's con-trol,
          
                
   
  dolce
             
       
 


 
    

S prime of bo - dy and of

                
prime in change- less prime, se - rene in change-

   
A
        
in change - less prime, in change - less
    
T      
 in change-
        


change - less prime of bo - dy and of

B
        
Se - rene in change-
 
 
                 

                
       


3 There is an old belief - Parry

       20
   
       

S soul, se - rene in change- less prime in change-less prime of
   
             
less prime, se - rene in change-less prime
  of
  
          
A
 
prime, in change-less prime, Se - rene in change-less prime
  of
            
   
T   
  in change - less prime  of
 
less prime se - rene
         
 Se - rene 
less prime  of
B soul
 
in

change -
      
      
less prime, se - rene  in change - less prime  of

           
                   
  
 
    
             
     
    

  a tempo
  
25
   

dim. e rit.
          
bo - dy and of soul.  That creed I fain would keep,  That hope I'll ne'er for -

S
         
dim. e rit.
     
    
bo - dy and of soul.  That creed I fain would keep,  That hope I'll ne'er for -
          
dim. e rit.
A   ()      
    That
bo - dy and of soul That creed I fain would keep, hope I'll ne'er for -
   dim. e rit.
         
         
T
 
 bo- dy and of soul.  That creed I fain would keep,  That hope I'll ne'er for -
        
   dim. e rit.
         
bo - dy and of soul.  That creed I fain would keep  That hope I'll ne'er for -
B
        
         
dim. e rit.

  
bo - dy and of soul.  That creed I fain would keep,  That hope I'll ne'er for -
  a tempo
      

dim. e rit.
                    
  
 
       
  dim.e rit.          
  

4 There is an old belief - Parry

 
      
30 35
      
dolce poco cresc.
   
S go.  E - ter- nal be the sleep,  E-
       
         ()
dolce poco cresc.
     
go.  E - ter - nal be the sleep,  E - ter- nal be the

       
dolce poco cresc.
    
A
            
go.
 E - ter- nal be the sleep.
 E - ter- nal be the
              
poco cresc. 
T    
 go.  E - ter- nal be the sleep, E - ter-
  ()
          
dolce poco cresc.
        
B go.  E - ter - nal be the sleep,  E - ter-
    
dolce poco cresc.
     
   
go.  E - ter- nal, E - ter - nal,  E -
            
                                 () 
  
 dolce poco cresc. 
               
             
       

    
dim.
       
      
40 45

     
rit. a tempo
 
  If not to wa - ken  E - ter-nal
S ter- nal be the sleep, so, be the

             
dim. rit. a tempo
     
  If not to  E - ter-nal
sleep, wa- ken so, be the

 
dim. rit. a tempo
A                   
sleep, be the sleep  If not to wa - ken so,  E - ter-nal be the
        ()  
rit.
       
a tempo
 
T  
   If not to  E - ter-nal
   
nal be the sleep wa - ken so, be the
a tempo   
        rit.
    
  If not to  E - ter-nal
a tempo   
B nal be the sleep wa - ken so, be the
           rit.
  
   
  If not to  E - ter-nal
ter - nal be the sleep wa - ken so, be the
  dim.
          
            
rit. a tempo
                 
 
  
           
         
     ()      
    
 

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  50 Slower 55 cresc.     60 
                  
sleep,
 E - ter- nal, E - ter - nal,  If not to wa- ken  so.
S
    
    
cresc.
                
   
sleep, E - ter- nal, E - ter - nal, If not to wa- ken so.
 
       
cresc.
      
      
A
    
sleep,
   
E - ter- nal, E - ter - nal, If not to wa-
   ken

so.
             
cresc.
T    
 sleep,  E - ter- nal, E - ter - nal,  If not to wa- ken so.

                  
cresc.

sleep,
 E - ter- nal, E - ter - nal,  If not to wa- ken  so.

B
       
           
cresc.
  
 E - ter-   If not to 
sleep, nal, E - ter - nal, wa- ken so.
        
 
        
      
Slower
            
     
  cresc. 
    

            
         
   


6 There is an old belief - Parry