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A CATCH (4) by ANONYMOUS

First Line: "A FIG FOR CARE, WHY SHOULD WE SPARE"
Last Line: SIR JOHN SHALL LAY OUR BONES IN CLAY / WHERE NOBODY MEANS TO FIND US
Subject(s): DEATH; "DEAD, THE;"
A Fig for care, why should we spare,
The Parish is bound to find us,
For thou and I and all must die
And leave the world behind us.

The Clerk shall sing, the Bells shall ring,
And the Old Wives wind us;
Sir John shall lay our bones in clay
Where nobody means to find us.



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