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| Text: | Sorrowful mourner, silently weep |
| Author: | E. C. R. |
| Tune: | SHE SLEEPS HER LAST SLEEP |
| Composer: | E. C. Riggs |
1 Sorrowful mourner, silently weep;
Weep for thy loved one sleeps her last sleep.
Gaze on the form where beauty once bloomed;
Now in the dust it must be entombed.
Refrain:
Sorrowful mourner, silently weep;
Weep for thy loved one sleeps her last sleep.
2 Bear her away, friends, to her last home;
Peacefully lay her down in the tomb.
Lightly, tread lightly, round the low bed;
Sweetly now sleeps the beautiful dead.
Refrain:
Sorrowful mourner, silently weep;
Weep for thy loved one sleeps her last sleep.
3 Beautiful song-birds, sing round her grave;
Gently ye pine boughs, over her wave;
Blow, ye soft breezes, sweet breath of spring;
Musical rill, your requiem sing.
Refrain:
Soon shall we meet her, weeping no more,
Meet her upon yon beautiful shore.
| Text Information | |
|---|---|
| First Line: | Sorrowful mourner, silently weep |
| Author: | E. C. R. |
| Refrain First Line: | Sorrowful mourner, silently weep |
| Publication Date: | 1886 |
| Scripture: | |
| Topic: | Bible Songs: Funeral Occasions |
| Notes: | Public Domain. |
| Tune Information | |
|---|---|
| Name: | SHE SLEEPS HER LAST SLEEP |
| Composer: | E. C. Riggs |
| Key: | A Major |
| Notes: | Public Domain. |
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