Some fifteen head of cattle, a horse and a mare,

Jogging home on his nag

With the cash in a bag,

Was met by a highwayman armed to the teeth,

With a belt full of pistols and sword in its sheath,

A murderous villain, six feet high,

With spur on heel and boot on thigh,

And a great black beard and a wicked eye;

And he said to his Worship, ‘My fat little friend,

I will thank you to lend