Let the Dead and the Beautiful Rest

DESCRIPTION: "Let the dead and the beautiful rest, Make her grave 'neath the willow by the stream." "Oh, so young and fair, with her bright golden hair." "Let her sleep, let her sleep." The wild roses "will bloom o'er her breast As the songbirds while away the hours"
AUTHOR: Words: C. C. Butler / Music: S. Wesley Martin (source: Sweet-Genevieve-Songster)
EARLIEST DATE: 1869 (Sweet-Genevieve-Songster)
KEYWORDS: death burial bird flowers nonballad
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REFERENCES (1 citation):
Sweet-Genevieve-Songster, p. 41, "Let the Dead and the Beautiful Rest" (1 text)
File: SGS041

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