For your own sakes, instruct him when he's out,

You'll find him mend his work at every bout.

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When some young lusty thief is passing by, }

How many of your tender kind will cry,— }

"A proper fellow! pity he should die! }

He might be saved, and thank us for our pains,

There's such a stock of love within his veins."

These arguments the women may persuade,

But move not you, the brothers of the trade,