Chant Claire performs "Lay A Garland” by Robert Pearsall on December 17, 2022 at St. Marcus Lutheran Church in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

Lay a garland on her hearse
of dismal yew.
Maidens, willow branches wear,
say she died true.
Her love was false, but she was firm.
Upon her buried body lie lightly,
thou gentle earth.

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from “The Maid’s Tragedy” by Francis Beaumont & John Fletcher