Fol de roi, de rol, lad!

Little Robin chirped and sung, and what did

pussy say?

Creeping, and stretching the claws, lad?

Pussy said, O-w! P-shaw i Me-ow! for

Robin was off and away.

There's wings to be had!

And fol de rol for the claws, lad!

"When I was a bachelor, I lived by myself,

And all the bread and cheese I got I put upon a shelf.