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Thread #3436   Message #4166875
Posted By: and e
04-Mar-23 - 04:30 PM
Thread Name: Lyr ADD: The worms crawl in.../Hearse Song
Subject: Lyr Add: HEARSE SONG (...worms crawl in...)
Did you ever think as the hearse passes by
That it won't be long before you and I
Will take a ride in that large plumed hack
And never remember of coming back?

Did you ever think when grasping for gold
A dead man's hand no dollar could hold?
It's nip and tuck as we try to save -
But we lose it all when we reach the grave.

Do you ever think in our labor and strife
It's our duty to brighten each other's life?
Let each take a part, be it great or small,
For Union is strength -- divided we fall.

Don't get discouraged, boys, keep up the fight --
We're bound to win "because we are right;"
Shoulder to shoulder, be stanch and true --
You fight for me and I'll fight for you.


The Typographical Journal, Volume XXVII. November, 1905. Number Five. Pg 538. "Correspondence" from Walter O'Day.

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