In case you didn't know, the song "Ring around the Rosies" originated
during the Black Plague. The first two lyrics are actually descriptions of
plague symptoms, and the second two are self-explanatory. I was wondering
if that was the entire song, so I wrote this.

We All Fall Down

Ring around the rosies
A pocket full of posies
Ashes, ashes,
We all fall down.

Walk beneath the death-black sky
There's no tears left to cry
All alone. On your own
They all fell down.

All alone within the town
Death has cast his fleeting crown.
It has past. You're the last.
They all fell down.

Scream until your voice is hoarse
Rider on a pale horse
He won't stop. Still they drop
They all fall down.

Clutch at herbs with bleeding hands
Remedies from far-off lands
Desperate tries. Pleading eyes
And they fall down.

Fire, fire burning red
Say a prayer for all who fled.
So sing a song. It won't be long
'Til we all fall down.

Ring around the rosies
A pocket full of posies
Ashes, ashes
We all fall down.