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 . . . Listen on YouTube 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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