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GUEST,Karen Impola Origins: Funeral Request Songs (15) RE: Origins: Funeral Request Songs 13 Mar 24


Calypso singer Growling Tiger (a/k/a Neville Mercano) sings:

When I dead bury me clothes
I don't want no sweet man to wear me clothes
When I dead bury me clothes
500 dollars of fine clothes . . .

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And there's this one from the Bahamas:

Dig my grave both long and narrow
Make my coffin neat and strong (2x)
There's two to my head
Two to my feet
Two to carry me
Whenever I'm gone

Wanting to be buried with booze is pretty common, as in the French drinking song "Chevaliers da la table ronde"
(lyrics here)

Rough translation of the relevant part, with help from Google:

If I die, I want them to bury me
In a cellar where there is good wine
Both feet against the wall
And my head under the tap
And my bones, in this way
Will remain, soaked in wine
And the four biggest drunkards
Will carry the four corners of the sheet
On my tomb, I want them to inscribe
"Here lies the king of the drinkers"


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