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She is a washer-woman most of the time, But to-day she is a widow. Important distinction, which warrants a plaintive manner And her best black bombasine. To be sure, she is only a plain widow, And her husband was a drunkard who ill-treated her, But she never forgets that it is owing to him that she ranks third in the cemetery, Next to the war-widows and gold-starred mothers. She regrets that he did not enlist Instead of lying about his age and dying coldly of pneumonia,