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Song: Under this stone lies Gabriel John, in the year...

by Henry Purcell . A Epitaph, Catch for Three voices , in A minor
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Under this stone lies Gabriel John,
in the year of our Lord one thousand and one,
cover his head with turf or stone,
’tis all one,
pray for the soul of gentle John,
if you please, you may, or let it alone,
’tis all one.

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