The Seven Days of Shiva

On the first day of Shiva the Stulbergs sent in The biggest potato kugel I've ever seen On the second day of Shiva the Katzmans had delivered Two tureens of borscht And a bigger potato kugel than the Stulbergs' On the third day of Shiva the Applebaums sent over Three steamed pastramis Two tureens of borscht And an even bigger potato kugel than the Stulberg's Or the Katzmans' On the fourth day of Shiva the Resnicks came and brought Four pickled tongues Three steamed pastramis Two tureens of borsht And we had to leave their kugel in the hall On the fifth day of Shiva the Rubinoffs dropped off Five plates of smoked fish Four pickled tongues Three steamed pastramis Two tureens of borsht And we finally finished the Stulbergs' kugel from the first day On the sixth day of Shiva The Greenwalds walked in With six pounds of liver Five plates of smoked fish Four pickled tongues Three steamed pastramis Two bowls of borsht And the Stulbergs came and we offered them some of Katzman's kugel From the second day On the seventh day of Shiva The Kepplers called and said That Syd Keppler died after Seven operations Six days intensive Quintuple bypass Four years of dialysis Three skin grafts Two hip replacements So we sent in a nice potato kugel