Text:This Body in the Grave We Lay
Author:Michael Weisse (1480-1534)
Translator:William M. Czamanske (b. 1873)
Tune:ROSEDALE
Composer:George Frederick Root, 1820-1895

635. This Body in the Grave We Lay

Text Information
First Line: This body in the grave we lay
Title: This Body in the Grave We Lay
German Title: Nun lasst uns den Leib begraben
Author: Michael Weisse (1480-1534) (1531)
Translator: William M. Czamanske (b. 1873) (1938)
Meter: L.M. 8.8.8.8.
Language: English
Publication Date: 1972
Scripture: ;
Topic: Book One: Hymns, Songs, Chorales; Seasons, Days, Services: Funeral Services
Notes: For dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return. Gen. 3:19. Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was: and the spirit shall return unto God Who gave it. Eccles. 12:7.
Tune Information
Name: ROSEDALE
Composer: George Frederick Root, 1820-1895
Meter: L.M. 8.8.8.8.
Key: E♭ Major
Notes: M.M. 66



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