And he was buried in diamond stone
And she was buried in cold harber.
(a version collected by Sharp)
I suppose the listener would know what cold harber is.

Young Jimmy was buried in the new church-yard,
Bar'bra Allen was buried in the choir.
(Coll. in Virginia, in Bronson)
The singer, poetically challenged, was stuck for a word to rhyme with brier.

Oh she was buried in the old church-yard,
Sweet William was buried a-nigh her...
(Ritchie Family, KY, recorded by Jean Ritchie. From Bronson)
Now she sang sensible, intelligible songs!

A crowded church-yard- William, Jimmy, Sir John, etc., etc.