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Listen, children:
Your father is dead.
From his old coats / I'll make you little jackets; / I'll make you little trousers / From his old pants.
There'll be in his pockets / Things he used to put there, / Keys and pennies / Covered with tobacco; / Dan shall have the pennies / To save in his bank; / Anne shall have the keys / To make a pretty noise with.
Life must go on, / And the dead be forgotten; / Life must go on, / Though good men die; / Anne, eat your breakfast; / Dan, take your medicine; / Life must go on; / I forget just why.