I suppose Sospan Fach is one of these in a way. In the first verse, Mary Ann's hurt her finger, a David the servant is ill, the baby in the crib in crying, and the cat's scratched little Johnny.

Then in the second verse, Mary Ann's finger is better, David is dead, the baby's asleep, and the cat has 'gone to it's rest' (ie dead too).

It isn't so much the words, as the gusto and great cheer with which the song is sung.

sian