Lord of the Dance

C 5763 LORD OF THE DANCE

Carter/Arr. Rutter

SAB w/opt. Descant

Performance/Accompaniment CD — C 5102C; Orchestration — C 5102O  Also Available: SATB SATB w/opt. Descant — C 5166; Unison w/opt. Descant — C 5102

THE JOHN RUTTER CH O RA L SE SER I ES

Sydney Carter’s

LORD OF THE

DANCE Choral Setting by

John Rutter 1892 2012

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Lord of the Dance for S.A.B. Voices with Piano Accompaniment Words by Sydney Carter

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Shaker melody, adapted by Sydney Carter Arranged by JOHN RUTTER

Brightly, but not too fast (in 2,  = 66)

Piano

4

  leggiero

SOPRANOS and ALTOS

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1. I

danced

in

the morn ing when the world was be gun,

and

I

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danced in the moon and the

1 = CD track number

stars

and the sun, and I

came down from heav en and I

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danced on the earth;

at

Beth

le hem

I

had my birth.

Dance,

then,

Dance,

wher

then, wher

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ev er you may

be;

I

am the Lord

of  the Dance,

said

he. And I’ll

ev er you may be;

I

am the Lord

of   the

Dance,

said

he. And I’ll

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lead

you

all,

wher

ev

er you may be,

and I’ll

lead

you

all

in the

lead

you

all,

wher

ev

er you may be,

and I’ll

lead

you

all

in the

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dance, said he.

2. I

danced for the scribe and the

dance, said he.

2. I

danced for the scribe and the

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Pha

ri

see,

but they would not

dance

and they would n’t fol low

me;

I

Pha

ri

see,

but they would not

dance

and they would n’t fol low

me;

I

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danced

for the fish er men, for James

danced

for the fish er men, for James

Lord of the Dance

and

and

John;

they came with

me

and the

John;

they came with

me

and the

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dance

went

dance

went

on.

Dance,

then,

wher

ev

er you may be;

on.

Dance,

then,

wher

ev

er you may be;

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I

am the Lord

of  the Dance

I

am the Lord

of  the Dance,

said

said

he. And I’ll

lead

you

all,

wher

he. And I’ll

lead

you

all,

wher

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ev er you may be,

and I’ll

lead

you

all

in the Dance, said

he.

ev er you may be,

and I’ll

lead

you

all

in the Dance, said

he.

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3

3. I

danced on the Sab bath and I

cured the lame,

the

3. I

danced on the Sab bath and I

cured the lame,

the

(  )

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ho

ly

peo ple

said it was a shame. They

whipped

and they stripped

ho

ly

peo ple

said it was a shame. They

whipped

and they

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Meno mosso

hung

me

and they

stripped and they

4

high,

dim.

hung

me

high,

and they

left

Meno mosso

Lord of the Dance

me

there

on

a

cross

to

die.

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a tempo

Dance,

then,

wher

ev

er you may be;

I

am the Lord

of  the

Dance, a tempo

then,

wher

ev

er you may be;

I

am the Lord

of  the

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cresc.

Dance, said

he.

And I’ll lead

you

all,

wher

ev

er you may be,

and I’ll

you

all,

wher

ev

er you may be,

and I’ll

cresc.

Dance, said

he.

And I’ll lead

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rall.

lead you

all

in the

dance, said

he.

lead you

all

in the

dance, said

he. rall.

cresc.

Lord of the Dance

5 Meno mosso (in 4)

4. I Meno mosso (in 4)

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Hard

danced on a

Fri day when the

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sky turned black;

it’s

with the

hard

to

dance with the

6

colla voce

de vil on your back;

but

de vil on your back; they

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bu ried my bo dy and they thought I’d colla voce

gone,

but

a tempo I (in 2)

I

am the dance

and

I

still

go

on.

Dance,

then,

wher

I am the dance a tempo I (in 2)

and

I

still

go

on.

Dance,

then,

wher

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ev er you may be;

I

am the Lord

of  the Dance, said

he.

And I’ll

ev er you may be;

I

am the Lord

of  the Dance, said

he.

And I’ll

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lead

you

all,

wher

ev

er you may be,

and I’ll

lead

you

all

in

the

lead

you

all,

wher

ev

er you may be,

and I’ll

lead

you

all

in

the

Slower (in 4)

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dance,

said

he.

dance,

said

he.

Slower (in 4)

  dolce

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7 Tempo I (in 2)

5. They

cut me down and I leapt up high;

5. They

cut me down and I leapt up high;

Tempo I (in 2)

  cresc.

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I

am the life

that ’ll

nev er, nev er

die;

I’ll

live

in

you

if  you’ll

I

am the life

that ’ll

nev er, nev er

die;

I’ll

live

in

you

if  you’ll

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live

in

me;

I

am the

live

in

me;

I

am the Lord

Lord of the Dance

Lord

of  the Dance, said

he.

of  the Dance, said

he.

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Dance, then, wher

ev

er

you

may

be;

I

am

the

 A.

Dance,

then,

wher

ev er you may be;

I

am the Lord

of  the

Dance,

then,

wher

ev er you may be;

I

am the Lord

of  the

 B.

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Maestoso (in 4)

rall.

Lord

of the Dance. And I’ll lead you all,

wher ev er you may be,

and I’ll

Dance,

said

he.

And I’ll lead you all,

wher ev er you may be,

and I’ll

Dance,

said

he.

And I’ll lead you all,

wher ev er you may be,

and I’ll

rall.

Lord of the Dance

Maestoso (in 4)

12 Vivace (in 2)

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lead

you

all

in

the

dance,

said

he.

lead

you

all

in

the

dance,

said

he.

lead

you

all

in

the

said

he.

dance,

Vivace (in 2)

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senza rit.

senza rit.

Lord of the Dance