An affectionate little elegy for a man remembered mainly for his long brown coat, buttoned down the front. It states his death plainly in the opening line, so it is one to know about before reading aloud.
From Mother Goose / Nursery Rhymes (traditional). See the whole collection.
Old Grimes is dead, that good old man,
We ne'er shall see him more;
He used to wear a long brown coat
All buttoned down before.
Public domain. Text from The Real Mother Goose (Blanche Fisher Wright, 1916), via Project Gutenberg. View the source edition