Tune: Passion Chorale
(\'O sacred head, sore wounded\')
Matthew 27 v.57-66 parts
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Jesus was in new tomb laid
Price of our sins had paid
Joseph, see from the town he
Arimathea be
And with Nicodemus too
Came to Pilate, \'tis true
Asked that he make take, bury
Jesus, body meekly
Two Marys, they were witness
To see the scene, e\'en this
Joseph laid body to rest
Rolled stone to tomb\'s door, lest
Any do come for to steal
Pilate said, Soldiers, seal
The entrance, make the guard sure
Safe from the thief\'s allure
Quiet interval there be
Sorrow and aguish see
Yet Jesus His promise kept
To rise, though there they wept
Soon Easter morning dawning
O\'ercomes the dark, each thing
The cross before the crown be
Then lasting victory