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SKU: A0.1148027
Composed by American Folk Song. Arranged by F. Leslie Smith. Folk,Historic,Traditional. 36 pages. Sweetwater Brass Press #747960. Published by Sweetwater Brass Press (A0.1148027).This song uses the same melody as a 19th century African-American spiritual, "The Gospel Train." The "Cindy" lyrics were adapted to the tune during the 20th century and have been recorded by numerous individuals and groups. Probably the most familiar of its many versions describes a girl, tells her to go home and promises future matrimony:
You ought to see my Cindy
She lives way down South
And she's so sweet the honey bees
All swarm around her mouth.
Get along home Cindy, Cindy
Get along home Cindy, Cindy
Get along home Cindy, Cindy
I'll marry you some day.
This arrangement for brass quintet is written in cut time with a suggested tempo of about 96 BPM. It opens in G major and, after a 12-measure introduction, introduces the basic melody using mainly Trumpets and Trombone. This is followed by five variations. The first takes form of a gentle, rhythmically soothing near-hymn played by the Horn; the second, sounds like "Turkey in the Straw" and features Horn and Trumpet 2; the third is a concoction based on "The Little Brown Mouse" and "The Girl I Left Behind" played by Tuba; the fourth is "Boil Em Cabbage Down" by Horn and Trombone; and the fifth is "Kingdom Coming" by Trumpets 2 and 1. At this point, the key changes to A major, Trumpets play an extended version of the "Cindy" melody and Horn provides a gigue-like counterpoint. All join in for the finale.
Completed in 2022, performance time runs about 3 minutes, 8 seconds. The arranger, Les Smith, will be happy to provide substitute parts (for example, treble clef baritone for trombone) at no charge. He would like to receive your suggestions, comments, corrections and criticisms. For more arrangements by Les, enter "Sweetwater Brass Press" (without the quotation marks) in the Sheet Music Plus or Sheet Music Direct search box. (Also, purchase of this piece entitles you to your choice of another of his arrangements at no charge; send a copy of your purchase receipt directly to him at lessmith61@bellsouth.net.)
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