Mr Darwin

Unison then Soprano, Alto, Tenor, Bass

by David Haines 2004

Vivace Coda harmonised 18th Jan 07

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Verse 1

Unis

Mis - ter Dar - win on the

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                    
 
                      
  
  
Unis                    
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Bea - gle sailed the o - ceans and seas To South A - me - ri - ca and Ta -

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                     
                       
  
Unis                  
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hi - ti and New Zea - land, Mal - dives To Aus - tra - lia and Tas -
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                    
 
                        
 
Unis                  
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ma - nia, Keel - ing Is - land and Saint He - le - na To As - cen - sion and Mau -

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                      
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              
2

   
ti - tius and Bra - zil, de Ver - des and Ga - la - pa - gos Is - lands, Mis - ter

             
              
   
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Unis               
Dar - win on the Bea - gle sailed a - way for five years
    
                
  
  
             
     
      
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             
Verse 2

Unis 
Mis - ter Dar - win on his jour - ney watched the

                        

                   

 
Unis                   
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                     

plants, beasts and birds He drew pic - tures, ga - thered sam - ples, kept a

                         
 
Unis                  
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jour - nal full of words He saw bee - tles, i - gu - a - nas, gi - ant

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                    
 
                      
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     
Unis
    
tor - toi - ses, flight - less cor - mor - ants He saw finch - es, frogs and

                

              
 
               
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Unis 
li - zards, duck - billed pla - ty - pus - es, al - ba - tross- es, Mis - ter Dar - win
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                  
            
   
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Unis               
won - dered where they came from and he soon had i - deas

                
  
                      
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        Verse 3

Unis 
Mis - ter Dar - win, when he

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               
              
  
  
Unis                   
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got home, wrote these new i - deas down But he did- n't like to of -

                     

                       
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Unis
  
fend so did - n't share them a - round Twen - ty years passed, Mis - ter

                     

             
      
 
 
Unis   60

                
Dar - win got a let - ter from a Mis- ter Wal- lace, now this young man had dis -
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        
           
                      
 
Unis   64

            
co - vered just the same thing Mis - ter Dar - win found a - board the

                

          
       
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Unis               
Bea - gle Mis - ter Wal - lace had the self - same i - deas

               
                    

         
71 Verse 4

Unis  
Mis - ter Dar - win and Mis - ter

           

       
             
   
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   
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     
Unis

Wal - lace formed a

      
team for some time But Mis - ter Dar - win wrote his

       

           
  
 
            
         
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
  
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                 
big book in eigh - teen hund - red and fif - ty - nine "On the Or - i - gin of
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                    
 
                      
 
 
               
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Unis  
Spe - cies by Na - tur - al Se - lec - tion" Ev - ry - bo - dy read the

                    

                      
                    
Unis   87

book Ev' - ry - bo - dy had an o - pi - ni - on, Some peo - ple praised it, o - thers

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                        
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Unis          
damned it, Mis - ter Dar - win's big book
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Mis - ter Mat - thew was a gard' - ner and when he read Dar - win's
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                    
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Unis                   
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book he wrote a let - ter to the pa - per say - ing "Just take a

                     

                        
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Unis                  
look at the book I wrote near - ly thir - ty years a - go I had all the

                   

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                      
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Unis                
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same i - deas" No - one lis - tened and Mis - ter Mat - thew and Mis - ter

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                 
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Wal - lace were for - got - ten o - ver all the years and now we just re -

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           
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Unis

mem-ber Mis-ter Dar - win's big book

        
Coda

Sop

Now when you think a - bout

Alto        
Now when you think a - bout

Ten        
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Now when you think a - bout

Bass        
Now when you think a - bout

                      

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                          

   
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Sop

na - tu - ral se - lec - tion Just spare a thought for those for - got - ten

Alto                        
na - tu - ral se - lec - tion Just spare a thought for those for - got - ten

Ten                       
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na - tu - ral se - lec - tion Just spare a thought for those for - got - ten

Bass                              
na - tu - ral se - lec - tion Just spare a thought for those for - got - ten

                     
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Sop
 
two
  
Re - mem - ber those
 names, just a brief re - col - lec - tion

Alto        
               

two Re - mem - ber those names, just a brief re - col - lec - tion

Ten                        
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two Re - mem - ber those names, just a brief re - col - lec - tion

        
      
Bass

two
  
Re - mem - ber those names, just a brief re - col - lec - tion

     
  
       
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  
     
           
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               
 
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Sop                   
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Al - fred Rus - sel Wal - lace and Pa - trick Mat - thew

Alto                   
Al - fred Rus - sel Wal - lace and Pa - trick Mat - thew

Ten                   
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Al - fred Rus - sel Wal - lace and Pa - trick Mat - thew

Bass                     
Al - fred Rus - sel Wal - lace and Pa - trick Mat - thew

                  

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