The "when I die" lines and other old religious and secular songs live on in military cadences {Jodies} and children's rhymes.

I vaguely remember snatches of a children's rhyme that goes:
When I die just bury this deep
Way down yonder on Mulberry street
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I might be mistaken about this as a children's rhyme. I'd be interested in knowing whether anyone else remembers it as such.

However, the "when I die..bury me deep" lines are found in some military cadences such as this example"

C-130

C-130 rolling down the strip
Airborne daddy on a one way trip
Mission uncertain, destination unknown
We don't know if we're ever coming home
Stand up, hook up, shuffle to the door
Jump right out and count to four
If my main don't open wide
I got another one by my side
If that one should fail me too
Look out ground I'm coming through
Slip to the right and slip to the left
Slip on down, do a PLF
Hit the drop zone with my feet apart
Legs in my stomach and feet in my heart
If I die on the old drop zone
Box me up and ship me home
Pin my wings upon my chest
Bury me in the leaning rest
If I die in the Spanish Moors
Bury me deep with a case of Coors
If I die in Korean mud
Bury me deep with a case of Bud
If I die in a firefight
Bury me deep with a case of Lite
If I die in a German blitz
Bury me deep with a case of Schlitz
If I die, don't bring me back
Just bury me with a case of Jack

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"US Army running cadence, named after the C-130 Hercules.
The cadence is simply called C-130, and has to do with jumping out of a perfectly good airplane."

Online source:
http://www.everything2.com/index.pl?node=C-130