Day Of The Dead

November 1st, Old Mexico,

    the graveyards dance and sing,

the grey tombs lit by torches glow

    as mourners picnicking

cheer up the dead with joyful song:

    'Wake up, the night is long!'

How different from the English way

    with sovereign Death addressed

once only on a single day,

    our loved ones left to rest,

'Sweet dead sleep tight and deep and long,

    No light, no dance, no song!'