There’s wood to chop, and fires to make,

And food to cook, and bread to bake.

Another takes the empty seat,

For men who live must drink and eat;

And work is waiting to be done,

The work of two, that’s now for one.

We sometimes speak of folks that’s dead,

Of what they did, and what they said;

We sometimes think of them at night,

But sometimes we forget them quite.