Text:This body in the grave we lay
Author (stanza 8):Anonymous
Author (stanzas 1-7):Michael Weisse
Translator:William M. Czamanske
Tune:NUN LASST UNS DEN LEIB

417. 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. Czamanske (1938)
Author (stanzas 1-7): Michael Weisse (1531)
Author (stanza 8): Anonymous
Language: English
Publication Date: 1969
Topic: The Church: Burial of the Dead
Tune Information
Name: NUN LASST UNS DEN LEIB
Meter: L.M.
Key: G Major
Source: G. Rhau's Newe Deudsche Geistliche Gesenge, 1544



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