"Egyptian Kings Were Buried" genre: Folk
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	Poem by Sara Teasale. Music by James E. Nelson. Part of a collection of 20 public domain Teasdale poems that have been put to music.
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	Lyrics Egyptian kings were buried / With all their golden gear, / Cup and chest and chariot, / Couch and battle-spear. // Centuries of solid night / Pass them as an hour goes by: / When the chamber is unsealed / The gold looks gayly at the sky, // But the kingly body lies / Like a bit of blackened leather, / All the wrappings round the king / Cannot hold his bones together. // All the unguents and the spice, / All the power of pride or tears / Cannot keep the human body / past its few small years.

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