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Location |
Etitaph |
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Reading, Berkshire, England. |
Here lies the body of William Gordon He'd a mouth almighty and teeth accordin' Stranger tread lightly on this sod For if he gapes you're gone by God. |
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Tombstone, Arizona, USA. (On the grave of a Wells Fargo Agent) |
Here lies Lester Moore Four slugs from a 44 No less, no more. |
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Edinburgh, Scotland. |
Erected to the memory of John MacFarlane Drowned in the waters of Leith By a few affectionate friends. |
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Nantucket,Massachusetts, USA. |
Under the sod, under the trees Lies the body of Jonathan Pease He is not here, only his pod He shelled out his peas and went to God. |
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Staffordshire, England. |
Here lies father and mother and sister and I We all died within the space of one short year; They all be buried at Wimble, except I, And I be buried here. |
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Leamington Spa, Warwickshire, England. |
Poorly lived, and poorly died, Poorly buried, and no-one cried. |
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Stoke-on-Trent, England. |
All who come my grave to see Avoid damp beds and think of me. |
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Devon, England. |
Here I lie by the chancel door, They put me here because I was poor. The further in, the more you pay, But here I lie as snug as they. |
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Norwood, London SE27, England. |
Where e'er you be let your wind go free. Keeping it in was the death of me! |
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From a Cornish tombstone dated 1869 |
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