Lay this body down (Traditional)
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- Editor: Willem Verkaik (submitted 2021-02-06). Score information: Letter, 2 pages, 137 kB Copyright: CPDL
- Edition notes: arrangement by Willem Verkaik
General Information
Title: Lay this body down
Composer: Anonymous (Traditional)
Lyricist:
Number of voices: 4vv Voicing: SATB
Genre: Sacred, Spiritual
Language: English
Instruments: A cappella
First published: 1965
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Original text and translations
English text
O graveyard, o graveyard,
I'm walking through the graveyard,
lay this body down.
I know moonlight, I know starlight,
I'm walking through the moonlight,
lay this body down.
I lay in the grave and stretch out my arms:
I'm laying in the graveyard,
lay this body down.