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“Say, beloved congregation,
In the hour of tribulation,
Did the power of man affray me?
Say, ye wives, and say, ye daughters,
Ha'n't I staunched your running waters?
I have laboured—pay me—pay me!
In the hour of tribulation,
Did the power of man affray me?
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Ha'n't I staunched your running waters?
I have laboured—pay me—pay me!
I have given absolution,
Don't withhold your contribution;
Men and angels should obey me—
Give but freely, you've remission
For all sins without condition;
You're my debtors, pay me, pay me!”
Don't withhold your contribution;
Men and angels should obey me—
Give but freely, you've remission
For all sins without condition;
You're my debtors, pay me, pay me!”
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