The Parson and the Clerk

Lively  = 118
Charles Causley
Music by David Haines
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The clerk stands in the o - cean The Par - son on the

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The clerk stands in the o - cean The Par - son on the

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The clerk stands stands in the o - cean The Par - son on the

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The clerk stands stands in the o - cean The Par - son on the
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land From top to toe to fin - ger - tips red as the De - von sand

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Alto

land From top to toe to

    
fin - ger - tips
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red as De - von

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land From top to toe to fin - ger - tips red as the De - von sand The peo - ple of

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land From top to toe to fin - ger - tips red as De - von

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           
The peo - ple of Teign - mouth say And they

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Alto
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peo- ple of Teign - mouth peo - ple of Teign - mouth say

Tenor               
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Teign - mouth say peo - ple of Teign - mouth say And they

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              
sand
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The peo-ple of Teign - mouth say say And they
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Sop
            
say it in Shal - don too That the Par - son and the Clerk are sand - stone

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say it in Shal - don too That the Par - son and the Clerk and sand - stone

Tenor                    
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say it in Shal - don too That the Par - son and the Clerk are sand - stone

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  
 
Bass 
          
say it in Shal - don too That the Par - son and the Clerk and sand - stone

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through and through and through and through and through and through and

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through and through and through and through and through and through and

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through and through and through and the

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Bass
 through and through and through and the

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through Andthe stor - y of

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        
through Andthe stor - y of

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Par - son and the Clerk are sand - stone throughand through and through

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           
Bass
 
Par - son and the Clerk are sand - stone
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Sop
        
How they came home Ra - ther more drunk than dry

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How they came home Ra - ther more drunk than dry

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How they came home Ra - ther more drunk than Ra - ther more drunk than

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Bass
 How they came home Ra - ther more drunk than Ra - ther more drunk than

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Sop   
From a night with the Bi -shop ,the Bi - shop of Ex - e - ter is

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From a night with the Bi -shop ,the Bi - shop of Ex - e - ter is

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dry Bi -shop ,the Bi - shop of Ex - e - ter is

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Bass 
 dry Bi -shop ,the Bi - shop of Ex - e - ter is

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no- thing more than a lie And there ne - ver was a storm as they

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no- thing more than a lie And there ne - ver was a storm as they

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8 ne - ver was a storm as they
no- thing more than a lie And there

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Bass
 no- thing more than a lie And 3there ne - ver was a storm as they
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drove be - side the bay that washed the hor - ses to Bab- bi - come and the

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drove be - side the bay that washed the hor - ses to Bab- bi - come and the

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8 drove be - side the bay that washed the hor - ses to Bab - bi - come and the

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Bass
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drove be - side the bay that washed the hor - ses to Bab - bi - come and the

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Sop         
par - son and Clerk a - way The clerk stands

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Alto

par - son
      
and
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Clerk a - way The clerk stands

Tenor                 
8 par - son and Clerk a - way a - way clerk stands

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Bass
 par - son and Clerk a - way a - way clerk stands

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             
in the o - cean The Par - son on the land From top to toe to

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in the o - cean The Par - son on the land From top to toe to

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stands in the o - cean The Par - son on the land From top to toe to

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stands in the o - cean The Par
4 - son on the land From top to toe to
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Sop
          
 fin- ger - tips red as the De - von sand The peo - ple of

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        
fin- ger - tips red as De - von peo-ple of Teign -

Tenor
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        
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fin- ger - tips red as the De - von sand The peo - ple of Teign - mouth

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  fin- ger - tips red as De - von sand The

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       
Teign - mouth say And they say it in Shal - don

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            
mouth peo - ple of Teign - mouth say say it in Shal - don

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say
   peo - ple of Teign - mouth

     
say And they say it
     
in Shal - don

Bass

  peo-ple of Teign - mouth say say And they
 say it in Shal - don

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           
        
too That the Par - son and the Clerk are sand - stone through and through and

Alto           
            
too That the Par - son and the Clerk and sand - stone through and through and

Tenor       
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            
too That the Par - son and the Clerk are sand - stone through and

Bass
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too That the Par - son and the
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Clerk and sand - stone through

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and

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      
throughand through and throughand

through and through
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Alto
   
Tenor
 throughand

     
through and throughand
    
through and through
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    
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      
through and through and the Par - son and the
     
Clerk are sand - stone

Bass
 through and through and the Par - son and the Clerk are sand - stone
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Sop

Though when the

 mor - ning came
  
a - long the sal - ted

           
Alto

Though when the

 mor - ning came
  
a - long the sal - ted

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Tenor                 
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through and through and through Mor - ning came a - long the sal - ted

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Bass
  
     
through and through and through Mor - ning came a - long the sal - ted

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                
shore There stood two pil - lars of stone that ne - ver stood there be -

Alto                     
shore There stood two pil - lars of stone that ne - ver stood there be -

Tenor                   

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'long the salt - ed shore Pil - lars of stone that ne - ver stood there be -

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Bass
 
'long the salt - ed shore Pil - lars of stone that ne - ver stood there be -

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Sop   
fore. And of - ten some folk say, If you stand quite still and hark, The

  
Alto                 
fore. And of - ten some folk say, If you stand quite still and hark, The

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Tenor                  
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fore And of - ten some folk say if you stand quite still and hark, The

                

Bass
 

fore And of - ten some folk say if you stand quite still and hark, The
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      
Sop
        
 Par- son is ta - king

            
a ser - vice with res - pon - ses from the Clerk

Alto
    
             
Par- son is ta - king a ser - vice with res - pon - ses from the Clerk

Tenor
     
8

   
Par- son is
       
ta - king a ser - vice with res - pon - ses


from


the

   Clerk "A

Bass

  Par- son is
 ta - king a ser - vice with res - pon - ses

Sop   89
               

 
The
 clerk

      
stands in the o - cean The Par - son on the

Alto
     
Tenor

 
The
  clerk stands

         
in the o - cean The

 
Par - son
   
on the

8 men!"
  
 clerk
  stands stands
    in the o - cean The Par - son on the

Bass 
        
  clerk stands stands in the o - cean The Par - son on the

Sop              
94

   
             
land From top to toe to fin - ger - tips red as the De - von sand

Alto
    
Tenor
 land From top to

             
toe to fin - ger - tips red as

      
De - von

    
land From top to toe to fin - ger - tips red as the De - von sand The peo - ple of

Bass
           
   
   
land From top to toe to fin - ger - tips red as De - von

Sop 
99

           
       
The peo - ple of Teign - mouth say And they

Alto
      

 
peo- ple of Teign

-
 mouth
   peo - ple

of Teign - mouth

     
say

Tenor
8

  Teign -
 mouth

    say
 peo - ple of Teign - mouth


say

     
And they

Bass
  sand

The peo-ple of 7 Teign - mouth say say And they
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      
Sop
            
say it in Shal - don too That the Par - son and the Clerk are sand - stone

Alto                    
say it in Shal - don too That the Par - son and the Clerk and sand - stone

Tenor                    
8
say it in Shal - don too That the Par - son and the Clerk are sand - stone

       
  
 
Bass 
          
say it in Shal - don too That the Par - son and the Clerk and sand - stone

  108
Sop             
through and through and through and through and through and through and

Alto              
through and through and through and through and through and through and

Tenor             
8
through and through and through and the

             
Bass
 through and through and through and the

   
Sop    
111

through But on - ly the

Alto

     
through But on - ly the

Tenor                 
8
Par - son and the Clerk are sand - stone through and through and through

            
Bass
     
Par - son and the Clerk are sand - stone
8 through and through and through
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115
       
Sop        And gent - ly
Par - son and the Clerk know the truth of the tale


                
Alto

Par - son and the Clerk know the

 
truth of the tale
And gent - ly

     
Tenor              
8 truth of the tale
Par - son and the Clerk know the truth of the

                  
Bass
 Par - son and the Clerk know the truth of the truth of the tale

    
120
 
Sop              
both of them wink an eye as they stand on the sand and shale. Says the

Alto                  
both of them wink an eye as they stand on the sand and shale. Says the

Tenor                  

8 both of them wink an eye as they stand on the sand and shale. Says the

                  
Bass
 both of them wink an eye as they stand on the sand and shale. Says the

   
124
     
Sop         
Par - son to the Clerk, "Per - haps it's just as well for the

Alto

               
Par - son to the Clerk, "Per - haps it's just as well for the

Tenor

               
8 Clerk, "Per - haps it's just as well for the
Par - son to the

    
            
Bass
  Par - son to the Clerk, "Per - haps it's just as well for the
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    
Sop
   
sake of the
  
peace of their mind they think we
     
are stone and shell.

Alto                    
sake of the peace of their mind they think we are stone and shell.

Tenor                     
8 sake of the peace of their mind they think we are stone and stone and

                    
Bass
 sake of the peace of their mind they think we are stone and stone and

     
            
133 And
Sop   
And whe - ther the day is bright Or the

  
Alto
        
      
And whe - ther the day is bright Or the

Tenor                  

8 Whe - ther the day is bright Or the
shell.

  
            
Bass 
  
shell. Whe - ther the day is bright Or the

       
138
      
Sop      
night is wild and dark Shall we let

Alto                    
night is wild and dark Shall we let

Tenor                    
8 night is wild and dark Shall we let

Bass

           
       
night is wild and dark Shall we let

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 143                    
Sop

them be - lieve it is so?'  
'A - men' says the

Alto               
 
 
    
them be - lieve it is so?' 'A - men' says the

Tenor          
 
8
them be
    - lieve it is so?'  
'A - men' says the

Bass
           
 
  them be - lieve it is so?' 'A - men'
    says the

Sop    
148

  
   
Clerk. Oh, the
      clerk stands

Alto
  
   
Clerk.

  
Oh, the
     clerk stands

Tenor
8
 
Bass
  Clerk.
   'A - men'

  
Oh,


the
     clerk stands

 Clerk. 'A - men'

   
Oh,


the

       
clerk stands

Sop    
153

 
   in the o - cean The Par - son on the land From top to toe to

Alto                     
Tenor
 
   
 in the o - cean The
    Par - son
  on the land

       
From top to toe to


8

       
stands in the o - cean The
    
Par - son

 
on the land
      
From top to toe to


Bass

 stands
158
in the o - cean The Par - son on the


land From

   
top to toe to

Sop            
  
fin - ger - tips red as the De - von sand The peo - ple of

Alto             
  
fin - ger - tips

   
red

      
as De - von peo-ple of Teign -

Tenor
8
    
Bass
        
fin - ger - tips
   
red as the De - von sand The peo - ple
 
of Teign
 - mouth

fin - ger - tips
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11 - von sand The
    
162
        
Sop

Teign - mouth say And they say it in Shal - don

 
Alto

             
mouth peo - ple of Teign - mouth say say it in Shal - don

Tenor

 
              
8
say peo - ple of Teign - mouth say And they say it in Shal - don

                 
Bass
 peo-ple of Teign - mouth say say And they say it in Shal - don

  
        
166
Sop         
too That the Par- son and the Clerk are sand - stone throughand through and

 
        

Alto
         
too That the Par- son and the Clerk and sand - stone throughand through and

Tenor
  
                 
8
too That the Par- son and the Clerk are sand - stone through and
     
Bass

 
   
         
too That the Par- son and the Clerk and sand - stone through and
171  
Sop             
through and through and through and through and through and through and

  
      
Alto
     
through and through and through and through and through and through and

Tenor              
8
through and through and through and

              
Bass
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          
Sop
      
through and through and through That the Par - son and the

            
Alto        
through and through and through That the Par - son and the

Tenor

  
               
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through and through That the Par - son and the

Bass
                  
through and through That the Par - son and the
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Sop        
Clerk and sand - stone through and through

   
Alto           
Clerk and sand - stone through and through

  
Tenor   
      
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Clerk and sand - stone through and through

       
  
Bass
 
Clerk and sand - stone through and through

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 
Sop    
and through

    
Alto     
and through


Tenor       


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and through and through

       
Bass
   
through and through
and
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