I was so good at nobbing with the plate,

They soon made me a Captain of the ranks;

And often when our meetings were dispersed,

With Sister Jane I’d offer up a prayer,

I’d such a jolly spree, when she took me home to tea,

For I knew what it was to be there.

(Chorus.)—To be there, &c.

I’m troubled with a vixen for a wife,

And often sigh for liberty once more,

She leads me such a very wretched life,