Lay this body down (Traditional)

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  • (Posted 2021-02-06)  CPDL #62695:       
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: SacredSpiritual

Language: English
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1965
Description: 

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Original text and translations

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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.