THE SEVEN LAST WORDS
Music for the Three Hours' Agony
Note: These short pieces may be sung before the principal discourse on each word and a Haydn Passion Motet or an appropriate Lenten Hymn, either in English or Latin may be given at the close
First Word: |Pater, dimitte illis|
Ch. Gounod
Abridged and revised by N. A. M.
Adagio con espressione
Pater, dimitte illis,
non enim sciunt,
quid faciunt,
non enim sciunt
quid faciunt.