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Her korpfaffe habit ir gesungen vor |
Mr. Canon, have you lead the singing; sweetly sung in your choir then notice my fife's clang. It proclaims to you the event of death. |
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Ich habe als eyn korhirre frey |
I have as a free canon sung many lovely melodies. Death's fife is not like it; it has terrified me so much. |
A Canon is a priest attached to a cathedral. The canons are so called because they lead a rule bound life, "vita canonica".
Dansk 
Dances of death
Heidelberg
Canon