Sweet Suffolk Owl for wind quintet

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Arrangement of a sentimental madrigal by Thomas Vautour about an owl.
The owl is depicted as a thing of beauty a fierce force of nature and a mysterious companion to dying souls

Sweet Suffolk Owl, so trimly dight
With feathers like a lady bright,
Thou sing`st alone, sitting by night,
Te whit, te whoo! Te whit, te whoo!
Thy note, that forth so freely rolls,
With shrill command the mouse controls;
And sings a dirge for dying souls,
Te whit, te whoo! Te whit, te whoo!