First Line: DEAD IN THE COLD, A SONG-SINGING THRUSH Last Line: RAISE HIM A TOMBSTONE OF SNOW. Subject(s): COLD; DEATH; FUNERALS; DEAD, THE; BURIALS;
Dead in the cold, a song-singing thrush, Dead at the foot of a snowberry bush -- Weave him a coffin of rush, Dig him a grave where the soft mosses grow, Raise him a tombstone of snow.