O Death Rock Me To Sleep - Katy Rose (with lyrics) video free download

Song: O Death Rock Me To Sleep

Singer: Katy Rose

This song came from Katy Rose's My Space and was later uploaded onto You Tube. Allegedly, this is a poem written by Anne Boleyn with the music composed by Katy.

Here's a little bit of what Katy says (taken from her My Space entry)

"So, as per what was already posted, this song was written by Anne Boleyn and me. There's been a lot of cruel and slanderous history written about Anne ( mostly propaganda conducted by King Henry 8th and Thomas Cromwell's people so that Good Harry could be rid of his 2nd wife- whom he had torn apart his country through religious reformation for- after she became too powerful in her own right and failed to give him a son.) Anne was actually an incredibly intelligent and forward thinking woman for her time. She dared to question the norm and speak her mind in a period where women were seen as little more than baby machines (...) the enigmatic Anne had a voracious mind and was a gifted musician and writer. I am a huge history buff, and Anne Boleyn has remained one of favorite subjects of research. I came across this poem of hers and was so moved, I wrote a melody and music to it. It was just a dorky, private venture I did for myself... but people love it so much that I am considering releasing it."

Sorry for the awkward photos in the video. They were made by me when I was fifteen using rather cheap photo editing software. Kids, ey?

LYRICS:

O Death, rock me asleep,

Bring me to quiet rest,

Let pass my weary guiltless ghost

Out of my careful breast.

Toll on, thou passing bell;

Ring out my doleful knell;

Let thy sound my death tell.

Death doth draw nigh;

There is no remedy.

My pains who can express?

Alas, they are so strong;

My dolour will not suffer strength

My life for to prolong.

Toll on, thou passing bell;

Ring out my doleful knell;

Let thy sound my death tell.

Death doth draw nigh;

There is no remedy.

There is no remedy.

Farewell, my pleasures past,

Welcome, my present pain!

I feel my torments so increase

That life cannot remain.

Cease now, thou passing bell;

Rung is my doleful knell;

For the sound my death doth tell.

Death doth draw nigh;

There is no remedy.