The Traditional Children's Games of England Scotland
& Ireland In Dictionary Form - Volume 1

With Tunes(sheet music), Singing-rhymes(lyrics), Methods Of Playing with diagrams and illustrations.

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HARK THE ROBBERS
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What will the robbers do to you,
Do to you, do to you, What will the robbers do to you, My fair lady ?
Steal your watch and break your chain, Break your chain, break your chain, Steal your watch and break your chain, My fair lady.
Then they must go to jail,
Go to jail, go to jail, Then they must go to jail,
My fair lady. —Belfast (W. H. Patterson).
III.     Hark the robbers
Coming through, coming through, My fair lady.
They have stolen my watch and chain, Watch and chain, watch and chain.
Off to prison they shall go, They shall go, they shall go,
My fair lady. —Wolstanton, Stoke-on-Trent (Miss A. A. Keary).
IV.     Hark the robbers coming through,
Coming through, coming through, Hark the robbers coming through, My fair lady.
What's the robbers done to you,
Done to you, done to you, What's the robbers done to you,
My fair lady ?
They have stole my watch and chain,
Watch and chain, watch and chain,
They have stole my watch and chain,
My fair lady. VOL. I.                                                                                    N