O Death, O Death, rock me asleep,
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(In water...)
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Toll on, thou passing bell;
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Ring out my doleful knell;
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For I must...
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There is no remedy.
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My pains, my pains, who can express?
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Alas, they are so strong!
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My dolours will not suffer strength
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My life for to prolong.
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Toll on, thou passing bell;
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Ring out my doleful knell;
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For I must...
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There is no remedy.
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Farewell, farewell, my pleasures past!
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Welcome, my present pain!
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I feel my torment so increase
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That life cannot remain.
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(My Lord, my Lord)
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(...)(hear me...)
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[Lyrics by an anonymous author (ca. 1576)]
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O Death (Rock Me Asleep)
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| Aesma Daeva |
