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The Graverobber

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This song has been in my mind for the last couple of weeks, for various reasons.  (One of which is that I have been thinking of my Grandpa Ernie, since this week would have been his 94th birthday).  When I was in high school (or junior high) we sang this song in choir and I’ve never forgotten it.  Let it rock you.  Here are the lyrics:

That is the hope that I live with.

You can see a video, also with the lyrics here:

This must be a recent version, by Petra, since the old version was a bit “rockier” as I remember it!  We sang a lot of Petra songs in choir and I always appreciated the lyrics!!

The graphics are by Paula Kesselring Designs, mostly from her kits “Retrosweets” and “Ephemera 1”