The murderer’s name is Forward, he led a wicked life,
Living with a married woman, whose husband’s name was White;
She had four little children, three of which he vile did slay,
In Red Lion street, in Holborn, then he did from London stray.
The cruel murderer Forward, at Ramsgate had a wife,
She had a youthful daughter; but the murderer lived with White,
Who of his cruel usage, had cause oft to complain,
Not long ago she left him, and sailed o’er the briny main.
When he had killed the little boys, from London he went down,
Where dwelt his wife and daughter, in peace, in Ramsgate town.