They have stolen my watch and chain,
Watch and chain, watch and chain.
Off to prison they shall go,
They shall go, they shall go,
My fair lady.
—Wolstanton, Stoke-on-Trent (Miss A. A. Keary).
Hark the robbers coming through,
Coming through, coming through,
Hark the robbers coming through,
My fair lady.
What’s the robbers done to you,
Done to you, done to you,
What’s the robbers done to you,
My fair lady?
They have stole my watch and chain,
Watch and chain, watch and chain,
They have stole my watch and chain,
My fair lady.
What’s the price will set you free,
Set you free, set you free,
What’s the price will set you free,
My fair lady?
Half-a-guinea will set me free,
Will set me free, will set me free,
Half-a-guinea will set me free,
My fair lady.
Half-a-guinea you shall not have,
Shall not have, shall not have,
Half-a-guinea you shall not have,
My fair lady.