The Lutheran Hymnal ‎#596

596. 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
• Translator: William M. Czmanske (1938)
• Author (st. 1-7): Michael Weisse (1531)
• Author (st. 8): Unknown
• Meter: L.M.
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1941
• Scripture:
  John 5:24
• Topic: The Last Things: Death and Burial
• Notes: Tr. © 1938, Concordia Publishing House

Tune Information

• Name: NUN LASST UNS DEN LEIB
• Meter: L.M.
• Key: F Major
• Source: "Geistliche Gesänge," Wittenberg, 1544