When the old maid appeared, oh! the children did cry,
“Twig the old woman that went a large goose to buy!”
Oh! the Michaelmas goose, &c.
The thief was caught at morning’s light,
They searched his pockets, when oh; what a sight;
For a bit of a goose lay hidden there,
In the breeches pocket, the thief did wear:
The thief laugh’d aloud, and swore it was fun;
To the Beak who heard how the trick was done,
Who decided against him, so now laugh your fill!