The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #76104   Message #1344979
Posted By: Joe_F
01-Dec-04 - 09:29 PM
Thread Name: Origins: Our Baby Died Last Night
Subject: RE: Origins: 'Baby Died of Spinal Meningitis'
There's a version in _The New Song Fest_:

A week ago our baby died.
He died committing suicide.
Some say he died to spite us,
Of spinal meningitis.
'Twas a nasty baby anyhow
And cost us forty dollars
And only lived three hours.
We didn't send it flowers,
Because it wasn't ours.