by Anonymous / Unidentified Author
Tell All My Father’s People
Language: English
Woe. Tell all my father’s people, Don’t you grieve for me. He has laid down his burden and gone home, and the angels waiting at the door. He has laid down his cross and gone home. and the angels waiting at the door. Tell all my father’s people, don’t you grieve for me. Alleluia. Amen. Alleluia.
Text Authorship:
- by Anonymous / Unidentified Author [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Undine Eliza Anna Smith (1904 - 1989), as Undine Smith Moore, "Tell All My Father’s People", 1981 [ soprano, tenor, chorus and orchestra ], from oratorio Scenes from the Life of a Martyr, no. 16 [sung text not yet checked]
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This text was added to the website: 2025-10-01
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Word count: 56