Danny, re your lines of the poem you thought by Kipling.
"The dead, they will not rise,
So you'd better dry your eyes,
And come and marry me, Mary Jane !"
(Kipling ??)
The original has no quote of " And come and marry me, Mary Jane."
It comes from Soldier, Soldier.
SOLDIER, soldier come from the wars,
“Why don’t you march with my true love?”
“We’re fresh from off the ship an’ ’e’s, maybe, give the slip,
“An’ you’d best go look for a new love.”
New love! True love!
Best go look for a new love,
The dead they cannot rise, an’ you’d better dry your eyes,
An’ you’d best go look for a new love.