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Death went into the steeple to ring, / And he pulled the rope and he tolled a knell. / Fille-la-Haine, how well you sing! / Why are they ringing the Passing Bell? / "Death went into the steeple to ring; / Fille-la-Haine, how well you sing!"
Death went down the stream in a boat, / Down the river of Seine went he; / Fille-la-Haine had a pain in her throat, / Fille-la-Haine was nothing to me. / "Death went down the stream in a boat; / Fille-la-Haine had a pain in her throat."