Yukon
Peter Bird
selected lines from poems of Robert W. Service (1874-1958)
SOPRANO
ALTO
p
TENOR
BASS
Larghetto q = 64
Ah
p
p
Oh
7
S.
mf mp might - y skies
A.
are pal - i - sades of
mf
T.
B.
pal - i -
might-y skies are
mf
rit. mp
A.
T.
B.
The stars are blurred; the si - lence grows and grows;
p
A
si
lence
grows
Stars are blurred; the si - lence grows and grows;
-
A
and
grows;
Oh
mp
night.
night.
p
Moderato (q = 116)
night.
p
The stars are blurred; the si - lence grows and grows;
p
p
night.
The
mp
the ic - y
mp
Vast - er
p
light;
The
mp
Vast - er vaults the ic - y
p
Vast - er and vast - er vaults the ic - y
mp
Oh
Oh
The
mp
mp
Vast - er and vast -er vaults the ic - y
mp
stretch the hag- gard snows;
sades of light;
mp
mp
pal - i - sades of
13
S.
light;
might - y skies are
mf
Flat as a drum - head
Oh
mp
Oh,
I am the land that
p
Oh
p Oh
list
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Copyright © 2015 by George Peter Bird. This edition may be freely distributed, duplicated, performed, and recorded.
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Yukon
2 21
S.
A.
T.
B.
A.
T.
p
Oh
mp
I am the
land
that
mp
I am the
land
broods;
that
broods;
rit.
Crys - tal - line wa
mp
-
ty,
ty,
Crys - tal - line
wa
Crys - tal - line wa
-
ter(s)
and
mp
ter(s)
-
ter(s)
S.
T. B.
-
Steeped in
ter(s)
nal beau
-
mf
beau
mf
-
Ah
B (perf. 5th) (perf. 4th) wood(s).
The
a tempo (q = 116)
sum -
mer:
(perf. 5th) (dim. 3rd = maj. 2nd)
wood(s).
and
-
e - ter - nal
mp
e - ter
mp
wood(s).
and
wa
mf
Steeped in
and
mp
Crys - tal - line
mp
B.
mf
mp
A.
mp
Ah
ens,
39
Oh
30
S.
wood(s).
The
sum -
(same pitch) The
sum -
(same pitch)
The
mer:
mer:
mf
sum -
mer:
No
f
The gray -ling a - leap in the
riv
-
er;
mf
No
sweet - er was ev - er; the sun - shin - y woods all a - thrill;
sweet - er was ev - er; the sun -shin -y woods all a -
f
The
Yukon 48
S.
A.
thrill;
T.
B.
S.
A.
big
57
strong
The
B.
The
S.
A.
T.
-
B.
is
Oh
Oh
riv
-
er;
mf
on
the
hill.
life
that ne - ver knows har
- i
-
bou
ness;
mp
bou
hill.
call;
The
wilds
mf
The
wilds
p
Ah
fair
-
Ah
ness...
-
-
p
Ah
Ah
-
p
The
that ne - ver knows har
The fresh - ness, the free - dom, the
call;
-
-
life
mf
the
strong
a - sleep
on
f The
mp
a - sleep
I am the land that list
is
horn
horn
where the car - i
-
gray - ling a - leap in the
where the car
C
big
66
mf
ness;
T.
mf
3
ens,
Oh
p
Oh
mp
I am the land
mp
I am the land
that
that
broods;
broods;
Yukon
4 76
S.
mp mf Ah
mf
Steeped in e - ter
T.
B.
Steeped in e - ter - nal
A.
Ah
accel.
T.
B.
S.
The
T.
B.
mf
The
mf
The
Crys -tal -line
wa
-
-
and
-
ter(s)
and
ter(s)
and
mp
wa
-
ter(s)
and
Allegro (q = 132) f
-
-
ter!
The bright - ness that blinds
f
ter!
wood(s).
Crys -tal -line
wood(s).
wood(s).
The bright -ness that blinds
f
win
-
win
-
The white land
The white land
locked
locked
f
ter!
ter!
tight
Ah
mp
you,
as a
drum,
as a
drum,
you,
you,
Ah
tight
mp
wood(s).
the bright - ness that blinds
f
-
mf
wa
mp
ty,
win
mf
f
-
The
Crys - tal - line
mf
win
mf
94
beau
ty,
ter(s)
D mf
-
-
mp
mf
mp
A.
nal beau
mp
85
S.
-
mp
Crys - tal - line wa
mp
A.
f
The cold
mf
fear
mf
Ah
Ah
mf Ah
that fol -lows and
Yukon 103
S.
A.
T.
B.
A.
T.
B.
A.
T.
B.
mp
Oh
The
The
his
- tor - y,
si -lence that blud -
his -
tor - y,
si -lence that blud -
mf
mp
The snows that are old -
mf
geons
geons
you
mp
Oh
his - tor -
-
tor -
y;
y;
- dows slant;
his - tor - y,
Still
-
mf
The
ness,
Oh
The snows
mp
The
snows
er
than
mf
Snows that are
old
-
er
Snows that are
mp
than
old - er
than
his
The woods where the
snows that are
moon
-
light,
old
-
weird
er
-
sha
than
mys - ter - y;
p
The woods where the weird sha - dows slant;
mp
than
Oh
dumb.
er
mp
you
dumb.
mp
Oh
Snows that are old -
mp
mf The woods where the weird sha -dows slant;
120
S.
112
S.
finds you,
5
rit.
that are
that are
old - er than his - tor - y;
old -er than his - tor - y;
mp The
Ah
Ah
Yukon
E
6 129
S.
A.
p
p
Still - ness, the moon - light, the mys - ter - y.
still - ness, the moon - light, the
T.
B.
S.
p
p
A.
mp am
the
T.
mf I am the
B.
mp I
145
S.
A.
B.
the
mf
beau
-
ty,
mf
beau
T.
am
mf beau
-
-
mf
beau
-
Oh
I
Ah
138
mys - ter - y.
ty,
ty,
ty,
land
land
that
that
land
that
I am the land
mf
Crys - tal - line
mp
Crys - tal - line
Oh
Oh
broods;
broods;
broods;
wa
wa
-
-
Crys - tal - line
wa
mp
Crys - tal - line
wa
-
-
ens,
-
mp
Steeped in
e
-
mp
Steeped in
e
-
mp
Steeped in
e
e
ter(s)
and
-
nal
-
ter
-
nal
p
wood(s).
p
wood(s).
p
ter
nal
nal
and
and
-
-
ter(s)
ter
ter
Steeped in
-
mp
and
-
ter(s)
ter(s)
ens,
-
mp
that list
-
I am the land
mp
that list
mp
Andante (q = 100) p
wood(s).
p
wood(s).
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Yukon Lines from three early Yukon poems of Robert W. Service (1874-1958), selected and arranged by Peter Bird in 2015. (Note that only poems published in 1913 or earlier are quoted here; in the USA and in Canada, these are in the public domain.)
Flat as a drum-head stretch the haggard snows; The mighty skies are palisades of light; The stars are blurred; the silence grows and grows; Vaster and vaster vaults the icy night.
I am the land that listens, I am the land that broods; Steeped in eternal beauty, crystalline waters and woods. The summer—no sweeter was ever: The sunshiny woods all athrill; The grayling aleap in the river, The bighorn asleep on the hill. The strong life that never knows harness; The wilds where the caribou call; The freshness, the freedom, the fairness-- …
I am the land that listens, I am the land that broods; Steeped in eternal beauty, crystalline waters and woods. The winter! The brightness that blinds you, The white land locked tight as a drum, The cold fear that follows and finds you, The silence that bludgeons you dumb. The snows that are older than history, The woods where the weird shadows slant; The stillness, the moonlight, the mystery, …
I am the land that listens, I am the land that broods; Steeped in eternal beauty, crystalline waters and woods.
