These are the clothes that my big brother wore

And his elder brother and his brother before

These are the short pants we trudged through the floor

For I'm much, much shorter than the brother before

This is the hat he no longer wears

For has a big brother and now he wears theirs'

And the socks I put on are in non-matching pairs

And the jumpers have sleeves full of patches and tears

This is the sole of my brother's shoe

His big brother wore it and his brother too

And my said, my girl, I shall give it to you

It's an honor to walk in your big brother's shoe

These are the clothes that no rat man would buy

With holes that have holes through which seagulls could fly

But I wear them and wish it was not always I

Who's the youngest young sister and the smallest small fry

The smallest small fry