"My darling, I will make you

A coffin of marble white."

" Oh, tell me, will you robe me

In a shroud of lawn's fine stitch?"

"My darling, I will robe you

In a shroud of velvet rich."

"Oh, tell me, if my coffin new

You 'll trim with nails of brass?"

"My darling, on your coffin new

Gold nails shall be thick as grass."