CAGED BIRD. (from Like Dust I Rise) for T.T.B.B. voices and piano with optional SoundPax and SoundTrax CD* Preview Only

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1 Text by MAYA ANGELOU ( ) TENOR I TENOR II BARITONE BASS PIANO 5 Commissioned or Heartland Men s Chorus, Dustin S. Cates, Artistic Director, by Bob Batterson and his husband, Todd Green, in memory o Bob s loving and encouraging mother, Joyce Batterson, a woman who embraced social justice and personal ortitude Steady tempo (h = ca. 76) Steady tempo (h = ca. 76) mp CAGED BIRD (rom Like Dust I Rise) or T.T.B.B. voices and piano with optional SoundPax and SoundTrax CD* IEW PREVIE Copyright 2015, 2017 by Alred Music and Caged Bird Legacy (ASCAP) All Rights Reserved. Printed in USA. To purchase a ull-length perormance recording o this piece, go to alred.com/downloads mp A 7 Music by MARK HAYES ree bird leaps on the * Also available or S.A.T.B. (46415) and S.S.A.A. (46416). SoundTrax CD available (46418). SoundPax available (DIGPX00052) - includes score and set o parts or Flute, Clarinet/Alto Saxophone, Tenor Saxophone, French Horn, 2 Trumpets, 2 Trombones, Percussion, Guitar, Bass, and Drumset. Please visit mayaangelou.com or more inormation. PR VIEW PREVIEW Legal PREVIEW Use Requires Purchase PREV 3 VIEW PR

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Worksheet : Songs of Ourselves, Volume 1, Part 3 Cambridge O Level (2010) and IGCSE (0486),

Worksheet : Songs of Ourselves, Volume 1, Part 3 Cambridge O Level (2010) and IGCSE (0486), Caged Bird - Maya Angelou Text of the poem A free bird leaps on the back of the wind and floats downstream till the current ends and dips his wing in the orange sun rays and dares to claim the sky. But