Two sailors outwitted, or, Eggs and bacon/The Smart Robin Gray

The SMART ROBIN GRAY.

(Tune, The Vicar and Moses)

Good neighbours draw near,
⁠And you quickly shall hear,
A story that's true I dare say;
⁠A brisk wife of this town,
⁠To the races went down,
Tip’d off with her smart Robin Gray.
⁠Sing tol de rol, &c.

⁠But to mention the name
⁠Of this frolicksome dame,
We dare not, for fear of the law;
⁠For the spiritual hound,
⁠Your pocket will wound:
If on it he claps his strong paw.

⁠So then to proceed,
⁠Let me tell you with speed,
Her gallant she met very nice;
⁠A bargain was struck,
⁠And the sweet little duck,
Waddl’d off with her drake in a trice.

⁠When they came to the green,
⁠Where the action was seen,
He laid her right gently down;
⁠O! my poor Robin Gray,
⁠Hang it up, Sir, I pray,
It is crampt,—let me put up my gown.

⁠When all things were done,
⁠And the game lost and won,
She smii’d and to him did say,
⁠I’m very well pleas’d,
⁠But my clothes are so teas’d,
And you’vespoiled my smart Robin Gray.

⁠O my sweet little dear,
⁠Your so nice and so chear,
And your husband will be long away;
⁠Some money you’ll lack,
⁠Before he comes back,—
There’s a guinea for a new Robin Grey.

⁠They seem’d both content,
⁠And away home they went,
Nor suspected that aught had been seen,
⁠For no one they could spy,
⁠Nor thought any nigh,
When they sported so brisk on the green.