There was a lady all skin and bone,
Sure such a lady was never known.
It happen’d upon a certain day,
This lady went to church to pray.

When she came to the church stile,
There did she rest a little while;
When she came to the church yard,
There the bells so loud she heard.

When she came to the church door,
She stopt to rest a little more;
When she came to the church within,
The parson pray’d gainst pride and sin.

On looking up, on looking down,
She saw a dead man on the ground;
And from his nose unto his chin,
The worms crawl’d out, the worms crawled in.

Then she unto the parson said,
Shall I be so when I am dead:
O yes! O yes! The parson said,
You will be so when you are dead.
                                            Here the lady screams