The Seal Lullaby

   
Rudyard Kipling Eric Whitacre
Simply, with a little rubato q = 66

    
p mf

          
   
SOPRANO

Ooh ooh Ooh


     
 
p mf
ALTO      


    

     
Ooh ooh Ooh
 p
        mf



TENOR


Ooh ooh Ooh
 
      
p mf
   
BASS    

 
   
Ooh ooh Ooh
  
            
    





    


 
p

       

 
Piano mf

    

 
   mp
Pedal generously

  
7 throughout

S.    

  
         
 mp
ooh ooh



    
A.
            
   
ooh ooh

T.           



ooh

B.     
      

   ooh

        
              
   
 mp p
         
Pno.

     
      
Copyright © 2008 Chester Music Limited / Sheet Music Held - This copy for rehearsal purposes only
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2 p
S.             
  

Oh! hush thee, my ba - by, the

   
p
        
 
A.


Oh! hush thee, my ba - by, the


      

T.


B.        


          
 
 

Pno.
      








 

          
18
 
mp
S.          
 
night is be - hind us, And black are the wa - ters that spark -led so


    
mp
A.       
     
night is be - hind us, And black wa - ters spark - led so

 
mp
    
     

T.

And black wa - ters spark - led

    
mp
    
B.     

       
And black wa - ters spark - led so

   
     
         
mp    
   
Pno.
           
      

            
   
23

   
mp p 3
S.        
green. The moon o'er the comb ers, looks down-ward to find us At

 

p
                
  
A.


green. The moon looks to find us At

  
p
      
        

T.


green. The moon looks to find us At

   p
 
     
B.     
 


    


 
green. The moon looks to find us At
  
   
     

 
p
Pno.   
          
       

   
28

 
S.         
   
rest in the hol - lows that rus -tle be - tween
 p
      
  
A.
    
rest in hol - lows that rus -tle be - tween.
 
p
            
 
T.

rest in hol -lows that rus - tle be - tween

    
B.      
pp
   

 
rest. Where bil -low meets

   
              
  
  

 
         
      
Pno. pp

     
   
         
33
mf

4
S.        

Ah wea - ry wee flip - per - ling

 mf
A.      
      


Ah wea - ry flip -per -ling curl


  
mf
       

T. 
   
Ah wea - ry flip - per -ling

         
B.    
mf
     

bil - low, there soft
 be thy
 
pil - low; wea - ry flip - per -ling


     
   
   

   

mf  
   
Pno.

         
     
  

             
38 mp

S.       

curl at thy ease! nor shark o - ver -


mp

           
   
A.

at thy ease! not shark o - ver -

  
       
mp
    

T. 

  
curl at thy ease! The storm shall not wake thee,

        
B.   
mp

  

      
curl
 at thy ease! The storm shall not wake thee,


           
  

   

 mp
  
Pno.

         
 
   
  

   
mf

S.          
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5

       
  
- take thee, A - sleep in the arms of the slow swing - ing seas, a -

       
mf

 
 
      
A.


       

take thee, A - sleep in the arms of the slow swing - ing seas, a -
   
mf
  

T.


A - sleep in the arms of the slow swing - ing seas,


    
B.    
mf
     

 
A - sleep in the arms of the slow swing -ing seas,

 
    
          
   
      
Pno.  mf
   
    
 
  

    


p
       
48 rit.
 A tempo

S.              


 
sleep in the arms of the slow swing - ing seas.
 p
      
   
A.
     
 
sleep in the arms of the slow swing - ing seas.

        
 

T.

 
in the arms.


B.           

        
in the arms.

    
       

 
 


Pno. mf p mp

       
   
    

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6
S.         
    

ooh, ooh,

       
      

A.


ooh, ooh,

      
p
      

T.

       
Ooh Ooh

 
p
B.  

         
ooh Ooh

   
   


  
     
Pno.

         

  
    

 
58

S.             

  
ooh, ooh,


              

A.

ooh, ooh,

   
             

T.

ooh, ooh,

        
B.        

   
         
ooh, ooh,

    

             

Pno.

  
        


    
     
rit.
63 mp p 7
S.          
     
ooh, ooh,

   
mp p
     
A.
     


ooh, ooh,

   
mp p
T.         

 
ooh, ooh,


mp
 
B.   
p
    

       
ooh, ooh,

    

   

            

  
   
mp


mf

  
Pno.

      
 

    


  
A tempo
68 pp p

S.         
    
ooh,

  pp p
  

  
   
A.

ooh,

  pp p

T.            




ooh,
pp p

B.    
     


ooh,
 
 
   
mp

    

      
 
Pno. p
  
mp
       
  
     
  
8
73 pp

S.          
ooh.

 pp
       
A.

ooh.


pp

       

T.

      
ooh.
pp
B.   

 
ooh.

    
  

  

   
p pp

Pno.
  
   
   
     
 