8
The old man put his foot in the stirrup
And presently he got astride;
He put the thief’s horse to the gallop,
You need not bid the old man ride.
9
‘Nay, stay! nay, stay!’ says the thief,
‘And half the money thou shalt have;’
‘Nay, by my troth,’ says the old man,
‘For once I have cheated a knave.’