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Text:Alas! the brittle clay
Tune:EPHESUS
Media:Audio recording

46. Alas! the brittle clay

Alas! the brittle clay,
That built our bodies first,
And ev'ry month and ev'ry day,
'Tis mould'ring back to dust.
And ev'ry month, and ev'ry day,
'Tis mould'ring,
'Tis mould'ring,
'Tis mould'ring back to dust.

Text Information
First Line: Alas! the brittle clay
Language: English
Publication Date: 1791
Notes: Public Domain.
Tune Information
Name: EPHESUS
Key: d minor
Notes: Public Domain.



Media
Adobe Acrobat image: PDF
Audio recording: MP3 (made with MuseScore)
XML score: MusicXML (made with MuseScore)

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