Do you ever think as the Black Hearse passes by
That it won't be long before you and I
Goes riding past in a Big Plumed Hack,
And never remembers of coming back.
Do you ever think as you strive for gold
That a Dead Man's Hand a dollar can't hold;
You may pinch and tuck, and try to save.
But you lose it all when you reach the ------- ?

Price ------?

From "Homeric Verse of the Mendicant". in Charities: A Weekly Review of Local and General Philanthropy. Vol. IX. November 15, 1902. No. 20. Page 493.

Note ephemeral cards would be passed out with verse on them by "Mendicants" -- aka homeless or "bums" -- as a way to raise money from people. This article includes numerous verses that were being passed out on cards ca 1900. The "Hearse Song" is listed as one of those verses.

See google books here: https://www.google.com/books/edition/Charities/d2IsAAAAYAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=%22+hearse+passes+by%22+%22before+you+and+i%22&pg=PA493&printsec=frontcover