Volume I Part 47 (1/2)

What have the robbers done to you, You, you, you; you, you, you?

What have the robbers done to you, My fair lady?

Stole my gold watch and chain, Chain, chain, chain; chain, chain, chain; Stole my gold watch and chain, My fair lady.

How many pounds will set us free, Free, free, free; free, free, free?

How many pounds will set us free, My fair lady?

A hundred pounds will set you free, Free, free, free; free, free, free; A hundred pounds will set you free, My fair lady.

We have not a hundred pounds, Pounds, pounds, pounds; pounds, pounds, pounds; We have not a hundred pounds, My fair lady.

Then to prison you must go, Go, go, go; go, go, go; Then to prison you must go, My fair lady.

To prison we will not go, Go, go, go; go, go, go; To prison we will not go, My fair lady.

-s.h.i.+pley, Horsham (_Notes and Queries_, 8th Series, i. 210, Miss Busk).

VI. See the robbers coming through, Coming through, coming through, See the robbers coming through, A nice young lady.

Here's a prisoner we have got, We have got, we have got, Here's a prisoner we have got, A nice young lady.

How many pounds to set her free, Set her free, set her free, How many pounds to set her free, A nice young lady?

A hundred pounds to set her free, Set her free, set her free, A hundred pounds to set her free, A nice young lady.

A hundred pounds we cannot give, We cannot give, we cannot give, A hundred pounds we cannot give, A nice young lady.

Then to prison she must go, She must go, she must go, Then to prison she must go, A nice young lady.

If she goes we'll go too, We'll go too, we'll go too, If she goes we'll go too, A nice young lady.

Round the meadows we will go, We will go, we will go, Round the meadows we will go, A nice young lady.

-Settle, Yorks. (Rev. W. S. Sykes).

VII. O what has this poor prisoner done, Poor prisoner done, poor prisoner done?

O what has this poor prisoner done, So early in the morning?

She stole my watch and lost my key, Lost my key, lost my key, She stole my watch and lost my key, So early in the morning.

How many pounds to set her free, Set her free, set her free?

How many pounds to set her free, So early in the morning?

Five hundred pounds to set her free, Set her free, set her free, Five hundred pounds to set her free, So early in the morning.

Five hundred pounds we have not got, Have not got, have not got, Five hundred pounds we have not got, So early in the morning.

So off to prison she must go, She must go, she must go, So off to prison she must go, So early in the morning.