Farmer Dunman's Funeral

"Bury me on a Sunday"

He said, "so as to see

Poor folk there; 'tis their one day

To spare for burying me."

With forethought of that Sunday

He wrote while he was well,

"On ten rum bottles one day

Drink for my funeral."

They buried him on a Sunday

So folk might not be balked

His wish, as 'twas their one day,

And forty couples walked.

They said to have it Sunday

Was always his concern,

His meaning being that one day

He'd do us a good turn.

We must, had it been Monday,

Have got it over soon.

But now we gain, being Sunday,

A jolly afternoon.