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

—Shipley, 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.