by Anonymous / Unidentified Author
Epitaph on a Wife
Language: English
Here lies my wife Semanthia Proctor She had a cold And wouldn't doctor She couldn't stay She had to go Praise God from whom All blessings flow.
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 Richard Hundley (1930 - 2018), "Epitaph on a Wife", published 1989 [sung text not yet checked]
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2008-03-28
Line count: 8
Word count: 27