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Text:Peacefully lay her down to rest
Tune:PEACEFULLY SLEEP

241b. Peacefully lay her down to rest

1 Peacefully lay her down to rest,
Place the turf kindly on her breast;
Sweet be the slumber beneath the sod,
While the pure soul is resting with God.
Peacefully sleep,
Sleep till that morning,
Peacefully sleep.

2 Close to her lone and narrow house,
Gracefully wave, ye willow boughs;
Flowers of the wildwood, your odors shed
Over the holy, beautiful dead.
Peacefully sleep,
Sleep till that morning,
Peacefully sleep.

3 Quietly sleep, beloved one,
Rest from thy toil--thy labor is done;
Rest till the trump from the opening skies
Bid thee from dust to glory arise!
Peacefully sleep,
Sleep till that morning,
Peacefully sleep.

Text Information
First Line: Peacefully lay her down to rest
Refrain First Line: Peacefully sleep
Publication Date: 1865
Notes: Public Domain
Tune Information
Name: PEACEFULLY SLEEP
Key: A♭ Major
Notes: Quartette



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