Mend it up with penny loaves.
Penny loaves will wash away.
Mend it up with pins and needles.
Pins and needles they will break.
Mend it up with bricks and mortar,
Bricks and mortar, that will do.
[After these verses have been sung—]
What has this great prisoner done,
Prisoner done, prisoner done,
What has this great prisoner done?
My fair lady.
Stole a watch and lost the key,
Lost the key, lost the key,
Stole a watch and lost the key,
My fair lady.
Off to prison you must go,
You must go, you must go,
Off to prison you must go,
My fair lady.