Blue bells, my cockle shells

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Blue bells, my cockle shells           (* 17th century prayer *)
Farewell my mother.
Bury me in the old churchyard
Beside my brother.

My coffin shall be white.
Six white angels by my side.
Two to watch and two to pray
And two to carry my soul away.





Source: Abrahams (1969)