Pall Bearers - The Tiger Lillies

The pall bearers bear the body and the body it is light

The pall bearers bear the body, it’s food for maggots tonight

The pall bearers bear the body and they bear them with grief

Though each one of them is a liar a vagabond and a cheat

The pall bearers bear the body and it’s real tears they cry

Though they’re crying for themselves because they know they too soon will die

The pall bearers bear the body from the coal black hearse

They know each one of them bears the same gypsy curse

The pall bearers bear the body and they bear them with fear

They wonder if they too will be borne themselves this year

The pall bearers bear the body and they know they too must die

For upon each of them the same gypsy curse does lie

The pall bearers bear the body and the body it is light

There’ll be food, there’ll be food, there’ll be food for the maggots,

the maggots tonight