The folk song and nursery rhyme 'Go Tell Aunt Rhody', which dates back to the 19th century, is about grief and loss.
'Go tell Aunt Rhody' lyrics
Go tell Aunt Rhody, Go tell Aunt Rhody, Go tell Aunt Rhody The old gray goose is dead.
The one she's been saving, The one she's been saving, The one she's been saving To make a feather bed.
The goslings are cryin’, The goslings are cryin’, The goslings are cryin’, Because their mammy’s dead.
She died in the mill pond, She died in the mill pond, She died in the mill pond From standing on her head.
So Go tell Aunt Rhody, Go tell Aunt Rhody, Go tell Aunt Rhody The old gray goose is dead.
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