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Paperback. Condition: Fine. OCT 2305. 11 [1] pp. Folded sheet music, unbound [26cm]. Three nested bifolia (sheets folded vertically once to form twelve pages?the rear cover is unprinted/blank). Illustrated front cover. A clean, unmarked, flawless copy. Printed sheet music and lyrics. The lyrics are sourced from a widely anthologized poem of Gary Snyder's entitled "Gratitude (After a Mohawk Prayer)" whose first lines read: "Gratitude to Mother Earth, sailing through night and day | and to her soil, rich, rare, and sweet | in our minds so be it | Gratitude to Plants, the sun-facing light-changing leaf | and fine root hairs, standing still through wind | and rain, their dance is in the flowing spiral grain | in our minds so be it." The cover of this work reads: "Gratitude to Mother Earth. S.A.T.B. with Piano Accompaniment (Optional Solos for Soprano or Tenor)." The top of the printed sheet music (beginning p1) reads: "To All Lovers of Ecology. Gratitude to Mother Earth. Prayer for the Great Family. Part-Song for S.A.T.B. Chorus with Piano Accompaniment.".…