Page 163 - Voice for Life Songbook 1

Words: Traditional
For Tessa Forbes and Rydes Hill School in the year of its Diamond Jubilee
31. May the road rise to meet you
Music: Alexander L’Estrange and Joanna Forbes
Gently lilting; simple and expressive q = 86
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 
 
 

 
7
 mp 
(OPTIONAL SOLO OR SMALL GROUP)
 
 
 
12
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

p cresc.
17       
til we meet a  gain

may God hold you in the palm of his
  
May the road rise to meet you, may the wind be al ways on your
 
     
  
back. May the sun shine warm up  on your face, the rain fall soft up  on your fields, and un
   
   


21 hand.
24 mf 
MELODY
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 
OPTIONAL HARMONY 
May the road
rise to meet you, may the wind be al ways on your 
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   
mf



      
May the road
rise to meet you,
may the wind be al ways on your
mf
28
pcresc. 
 
     
 

back. May the sun shine warm up on your face, the rain fall soft up  on your fields, and un
p cresc. 
   

mf
  
back. May the sun shine warm up on your face, the rain fall soft up  on your fields, and un
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