Never was I afraid of man;

Catch me, cowardly knaves, if you can.

Chee, chee, chee.

Six white eggs on a bed of hay,

Flecked with purple, a pretty sight!

There as the mother sits all day,

Robert is singing with all his might:

Bob-o’link, bob-o’-link,

Spink, spank, spink;

Nice good wife that never goes out,