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Billy’s Farewell Look! Through the port comes the moonshine astray! BILLY BUDD

Words by E.M. FORSTER and ERIC CROZIER

Slowly moving e = 72-88

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    

       

pp

pp

Music by BENJAMIN BRITTEN

                         (piccolo solo)



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Through the port comes the moon - shine a - stray!

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sil - vers this nook;

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dim.

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a

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mess - mate will

reach me

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            From the hoist and the be - lay.

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 

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    

              

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No pipe

to those

  

Hea - ven knows who

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ing, turn - ing heads a -

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          

will have the run - ning of me up!



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hal - yards—

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     

ppp (words! – parlando)

4

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4           



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the last

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But ain’t

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it all

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A blur’s

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in my



eyes;





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am.

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So I’ll shake

a friend - ly

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    

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It

       

is dead then I’ll

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     

hand ere I

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But no!

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 



sink.

 

to stand by the

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



I



But Don -ald he has prom -ised

                                 3 3 3 

is dream - ing that

3

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      4

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no!



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be, come to think.

They’ll

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    

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3

3

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lash

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me in ham - mock,

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

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me deep,

più pp

più p

 

 

3

3



           



   



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     

 

   

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     

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ancora più p

    

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Fa - thoms down, fa - thoms—

how I’ll dream fast

a - sleep.

ppp

  

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58



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

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 

  

dolce pppp

  

sempre pp

4  4             

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I’m sleep - y

and

the

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roll

me

o

-

ver

fair.

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oo

-

zy weeds



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ppp

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a - bout

  

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I feel it steal - ing now;

me





 

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 

                                   3   3 3 3 3 ppp         twist.

Very lively q = 144



     

68

And

 

73







fare - well

  

          

legato

   

optional ending









to

ye,

old

Rights

o’

Man!

    

   

   

                      3 3

with ped.













your

joys

no

more.

Fare

         

     

 



 

     

p

Ne - ver

78

  

[long pause]



     

   

*

 



      

91







world!





   

   









well

to

this

grand

rough

    





Ne

-



-



      

 





ver

more

 

 

ship - mates,

        no

  more

                                        mf                     *Dansker’s exchange with Billy is cut in this solo edition of the scene.

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   



sea,

No

83

p



         





down

from the heights

  

  

 



But I’ve sight - ed

a

sail

in

           

 

to

the

 

 depths.

    

    







      



   



         

look - ing



              

     

88

   







      

 



the

storm,



    

 

                                 

  

93

  



far - shin - ing

sail



 The

  



that’s not

cresc.







fate,

And

                                       

                    cresc.

mf

  

98

I’m

 con

       

  

f

-

ten -

    fp

              

ted,

 

freely



   

 3



I’ve seen where she’s

   





bound

for.

  

pp

 

a tempo

         p

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cresc.

  

103

She













has

a

land

of

her

own

       

               

107



cresc.

            freely



          e

  -





ver.



 

a tempo

  

113



hanged,

   p

   





or

be

   



  

I’m

weeds.

      

-

Don’t

 

 



- ing

for



 

-

got

 -

ten

     



for

                 

    

mat - ter now





and

caught

cresc.



chor

be - ing

    

ppp

 







ted.

-

    





in

the

       

               cresc.



Don’t

 

an



93

         

 

   

con - ten

      

 

f

118

 



pp

     



where she’ll

    

  

fp

 

          

      

Oh,

 



 

 

 mat

 -

ter

      

              





 /0

now.

    

 

       

                    

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 /0  /0

94

broadly

     /0

122



ff

        /0   





I’m

strong,

     

ff

   /0

    

  



128



    

      p     

strong

  

I

know

   







pp

that’s e - nough,

 

142

 

      

ppp

rall.

     

       

all,

all,

  e

   

-

dim.

 

4

 

       

and that’s e - nough,

   

ppp

  

pp

 



nough.

    



    

ppp

 

    

 

3

       

all,

                         3 3

strong,

mf

 





stay



   

Rather lively (e)



I’ll

p    

 

  

and

 

  



  

pp



p



that’s

   ppp  

 poco a poco più lento                   



  pp  



it,

 

and that’s





p

p

   



  

   

mf

 

and

  

getting slower and slower

135



  



stay



pp

  

I’ll



  

p

 

sempre f

3                           pp  3



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