Now the green leaves grow,
Tomorrow I must go,
Today I shelter here
Then none may know

In flowers and in garlands
I am clothed today,
Tomorrow without staff
I go away.

Friends I must forget
but think of me
and say a Paternoster
at the end of day
Amen amen amen
your words will stand and keep
their watch and guard around me where I sleep
Amen amen amen
your words will stand and keep
their watch and guard around me where I sleep