The James T. Callow Folklore Archive

National Embalming School

See the hearse go rolling by,
National Embalming School

Chorus:
For you we live,
For us you die,
National Embalming School

We dig a hole into the crust,
We throw you in, you turn to dust.

Chorus:

Post mortem, post mortem, post mortem,
Autopsy we will go.
Slash -- cut, slash -- cut,
Without any reason,
My God, how the body smells,
It must be out of season.
Snap, crackle, pop,
The bones are breaking.

Chorus:

Submitter comment:

A college song

Data entry tech comment:

Informant and collector are the same person.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT