Better Unborn

Better it would be for me
 And better it would have been
 Had I not been born, not grown
 Not been brought into the world
 Not had to come to this earth
 Not been suckled for the world
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 If I'd died a three-night-old
 Been lost in my swaddling band
 I'd have needed but a span of cloth
 A span more of wood
 But a cubit of good earth
 Two words from the priest
 Three verses from the cantor
 One clang from the bell
 Better it would be for me
 And better it would have been
 Had I not been born, not grown
 Not been brought into the world
 Not had to come to this earth
 Not been suckled for the world
 I'd rather die, I'd rather be
 Better unborn
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 If I'd died a three-night-old
 Been lost in my swaddling band
 I'd have needed but a span of cloth
 A span more of wood
 But a cubit of good earth
 Two words from the priest
 Three verses from the cantor
 One clang from the bell
 Better it would be for me
 And better it would have been
 Had I not been born, not grown
 Not been brought into the world
 Not had to come to this earth
 Not been suckled for the world
 I'd rather die, I'd rather be
 Better unborn