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LADY ALL SKIN AND BONES (Quietly:) There was a lady all skin and bones, And such a lady was never known. Oh, she walked out all on a day. Yes, she walked down to the church to pray. Oh, she walked up and she walked down, And she spied a dead man on the ground. And from his nose into his chin, The worms crept out and the worms crept in. (Quieter now:) She walked over to yonder stile, And there she tarried a little while. Then she walked on, up to the door, And there she tarried a little more. (Really quiet now:) This woman to the parson said, "Will I be so when I am dead?" The parson to the woman said, (Very loud:) "YES!" Published in "American Folk Tales and Songs," edited by Richard Chase, 1956. @ghost filename[ SKINBONE XX |
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