BardicTranslationRoughs/TownOfBrotherlyLove

The neighbour will later say that they came
They found the final reminder jammed under the door
She'll say that they rang and rang
But the old man's footsteps never came
A tupenny bill in a manila envelope
For a nightlight the corpse had left lit
He cannot hide from us even in death
While we remember that he is in debt

We live in a town of brotherly love
Brotherly love, brotherly love

The neighbour will say that he was a stay-at-home
And used to moan loudly at night
He did not follow her friendly advice
And never went to see a doctor
She'll say that he really wasn't much liked
But she won't remember why that was so
She'll say how easily everyone forgot
The pitiful spectre in his ungainly overcoat

We live in a town of brotherly love
Brotherly love, brotherly love