Johann Sebastian Bach

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BWV 508
Title Be thou with me and I'll go gladly
Composed 1733/1734, Leipzig
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Movements Aria: Be thou with me and I'll go gladly
Category Spiritual Arias and Songs (Notenbuch of Anna Magdalena Bach)
Event -
Author of text Unknown
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Aria


Be thou with me and I'll go gladly
To death and on to my repose.
Ah, how my end would bring contentment,
If, pressing with thy hands so lovely,
Thou wouldst my faithful eyes then close.

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Manuscript Notenbuch der Anna Magdalena Bach 1733/1734

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