Albert G. Greene. 1802-1868.
Old Grimes is dead, that good old man
We never shall see more;
He used to wear a long black coat
All buttoned down before.[596:1]
Old Grimes.
Footnotes
[596:1]
John Lee is dead, that good old man,—
We ne'er shall see him more;
He used to wear an old drab coat
All buttoned down before.
To the memory of John Lee, who died May 21, 1823.
An Inscription in Matherne Churchyard.
Old Abram Brown is dead and gone,—
You 'll never see him more;
He used to wear a long brown coat
That buttoned down before.
Halliwell: Nursery Rhymes of England, p. 60.