Matthew, Mark, Luke and John
 (Sung text for setting by J. Rutter)
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Language: English 
Our translations:  GER
Matthew, Mark, Luke and John,
Bless the bed that I lie on.
Four corners to my bed,
Four angels round my head;
One to watch, and one to pray,
And two to bear my soul away.

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  • GER German (Deutsch) (Bertram Kottmann) , "Matthäus, Markus, Lukas und Johann", copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Researcher for this page: Bertram Kottmann

This text was added to the website: 2015-01-26
Line count: 6
Word count: 36