Mazie Dies Alone in the City Hospital + 

I hate to die this way with the quiet + 

Over everything like a shroud. + 

I’d rather die where the band’s a playin’ + 

Noisy and loud. + 

I’d rather die the way I lived⁠— + 

Drunk and rowdy and gay; + 

God! Why did you ever curse me + 

Makin’ me die this way? + 