My grandmother would sing me a version of this song when I was very small: There was an old woman All skin and bones Oh such an old woman Was never known She went to church one day To hear the parson preach and pray And when she got there Beside the door There lay a ghost All dressed in white She said to the minister Will I look so when I am... DEAD! I realize that this must be quite a corrupted version of the old song. However, it still succeeded in scaring me to death when I was young! I enjoy it very much to this day.
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