Burying Davy
Elegy for Davy: A Tale of Mourning and Memories
Lyrics
Bring out your weeping weeds
Prepare for mourning with symbolic weeping weeds.
Put on your ten-pint bowlers
Wear your large, ten-pint bowler hats, a traditional funeral attire.
Bring out your weeping weeds
Reiteration of the call to bring out mourning plants.
We're burying Davy
The act of burying someone named Davy is about to take place.
We're burying Davy
Repetition emphasizing the significance of burying Davy.
Gather the screws and spades
Assemble tools like screws and spades for the burial process.
Oil up your mud-brown slicker
Prepare and oil up your mud-brown slicker, a protective garment for the task.
Gather the screws and spades
Reiterate the call to gather tools for the burial.
We're burying Davy
Underscore the commencement of burying Davy.
We're burying Davy
Emphasis on the ongoing act of burying Davy.
Who'll plane the old pine boughs?
Question about who will prepare the pine boughs, a traditional element in burials.
Who'll set his legs uncrooked?
Who will straighten Davy's legs for a proper burial?
Who'll plane the old pine boughs?
Reiteration of the question regarding the pine boughs.
For burying Davy
Preparing the pine boughs for the burial of Davy.
For burying Davy
Repetition emphasizing the importance of the burial ritual.
Mother wept no tears
Highlighting the absence of tears from Davy's mother during the funeral.
His brother grew unruly
Davy's brother is behaving in an unruly or disruptive manner.
Mother wept no tears
Reiteration of the lack of tears from Davy's mother.
At burying Davy
Davy's mother remains composed despite the burial, possibly indicating a deeper emotional state.
At burying Davy
Repetition underscoring the emotional state of Davy's mother.
Bring out your weeping weeds
Repetition of the call to bring out mourning plants, perhaps signaling the cyclical nature of grief.
Put on your ten-pint bowlers
Reiteration of wearing large bowler hats for the funeral.
Bring out your weeping weeds
Repeat call to bring out mourning plants, maintaining the somber atmosphere.
We're burying Davy
Reiteration of the commencement of burying Davy.
We're burying Davy
Emphasis on the ongoing act of burying Davy, concluding the ritual.
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