Listen, children: br Your father is dead. br From his old coats br I'll make you little jackets; br I'll make you little trousers br From his old pants. br There'll be in his pockets br Things he used to put there, br Keys and pennies br Covered with tobacco; br Dan shall have the pennies br To save in his bank; br Anne shall have the keys br To make a pretty noise with. br Life must go on, br And the dead be forgotten; br Life must go on, br Though good men die; br Anne, eat your breakfast; br Dan, take your medicine; br Life must go on; br I forget just why.br br Edna St.