Ten Riddles

Short settings of English folk verse

for high voice and piano

by

Edward Lambert

Edward Lambert
www.lambertmusic.co.uk

Ten Riddles

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1 Snowflake and Sun

Voice

4
&4

Lento

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White
1

& 44

& 44

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ther-less

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cas - tle wall.

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from

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flew

pitched on the
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fea

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bird

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ra-dise,

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came

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Lord

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and

rode

a - way horse

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less

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hand

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to the king's

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hall.

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up

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and took it

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b b

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[fine]

22

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2 Clouds

V.

2
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Molto vivace

White sheep,
19

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When

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the wind

blows,

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where
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do

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hill,

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.
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white sheep?

you all stand still.

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the wind stops,

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go,

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yourun a-way

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sheep, on a blue

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white

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sheep,

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&

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3 A peacock's tail
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p
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Lento e dolce

3
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in
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Which

glis - ter

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when

they

doth

wear

than for - ty

b.

as the crys - tal

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do stand?

men

with -

sun,

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b .

A-gainst the

clear

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more eyes

n b

the land,

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3
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4 A fish in the sea

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Al - though it's
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3
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n b # n

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& 4 # # #

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cold

no clothes I

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wear,

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or

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tra - vel far

n b

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shoes

and snow

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Frost

hose

n b

I have no use for

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do not fear,
42

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n b

b .
and

near.

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50

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eat comes free to me,

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b
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I need no ci - der,

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n
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ale
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or

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sack,

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buy

or

sell

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no-thing

or

lack.

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2
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22

5 A hen's egg

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largo

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69

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skin

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A gol-den ap - ple doth ap - pear,

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b
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Yet thieves break in

and

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a foun-tain crys - tal clear,

In mar - ble halls as white as milk,

gol - den ap - ple doth ap - pear.

doors there are to this strong-hold,

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as soft as silk,

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Lined witha

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steal the

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crescendo

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b n b n b

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6 A butterfly
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moderato assai

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was round

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p
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b
& 68 b n

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long

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b n n
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n.

Since like

a her-mit I

lived

in

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pearl,

n
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a cell And now

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Then

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an earl.

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b.

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as brave as

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small like

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and

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and slen - der,

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b.

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like

a rogue in

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the

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wide

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world I

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dwell,

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dwell,

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and now like a

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dwell,

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rogue in the wide world

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7 A carrot
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Pesante

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Stiff
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would not

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not a

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la

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in her

take

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it's

white,

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in the

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n.
land

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hand.

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bed,

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then it's

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stan - ding in the

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8 A holly tree
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4
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molto lento

I-tum pa-ra-di-sum all clothed in green,

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4 #
& 4 #

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n
&

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horns,

They sent

of

the East,

Who said

it had

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but

was

not

beast.

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123

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for the wise men out

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The king could not read it, no morecould the

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n

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queen.

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b.

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9 A peal of bells

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4
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Allegro

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I saw five birds all in a

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my mind
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pos-sess,

of age,

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The

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their age and

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j j

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der

did

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sing.

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strength.

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won

.
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sweet -ly

j .
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When I be-held

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sin - gle wing,

yet did fly and

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bird had but a

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And

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Each

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cage,

hun-dred years

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They were an
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Be - sides
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&

guess,

Their

tails

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were thir-ty

J
j

feet

in

length.

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as I can

as near

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2
4

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V.

10 A walnut

2
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rubato

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b
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p
dolce

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4

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With 163

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am

j
b

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- out

as

b b

green

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b

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b

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than

- ser

than a

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b

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house,

And

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yet

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grow.

j
b b ....

mouse.

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b b

&

- er

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les -

herbs that

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J
-

as

snow,

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b
& b J . J

high -

as

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b b

am

as white

with - in

b n
J

n
J

V.

. b n
j. b
J

b
b

b b

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