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Dedicated to Wilfred Brown and Janet Craxton
TEN BLAKE SONGSFOR VOICE AND OBOE
WILLIAM BLAKE (1757-1827) R. VAUGHAN WILLIAMS
1 INFANT JOY(Tenor or Soprano)
VOICE
OBOE
Andante con moto
"I have no name: I am but two days
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old." What shall I call thee? "I hap-pyam, Joy is my name. "Sweet joy be-
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^^Note: The oboe parts of these songs may, in case of necessity, be played on a violin or (by transposingthe songs down a tone) on a B flat clarinet—but neither of these expedients is advisable. R. V. W.
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