See The Robbers Passing By
See The Robbers Passing By
This is a singing game, collected in Lancashire about a hundred years ago.
See the robbers passing by, passing by, passing by,
See the robbers passing by, 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?
Stole my watch and broke my chain, broke my chain, broke my chain,
Stole my watch and broke my chain, my fair lady.
What’s the price to set you free, set you free, set you free?
What’s the price to set you free, my fair lady.
A hundred pounds will set you free, set you free, set you free,
A hundred pounds will set you free, my fair lady.
We have not got a hundred pounds, a hundred pounds, a hundred pounds,
We have not got a hundred pounds, my fair lady.
Then off to prison you must go, you must go, you must go,
Then off to prison you must go, my fair lady.
If she goes then we’ll go too, we’ll go too, we’ll go too,
If she goes then we’ll go too, my fair lady.
Additional Online Resources
- Audio recording featuring children from Anchorsholme Primary School in Blackpool. They are accompanied by Pete Coe on Melodeon
- Animation created by Children at the Blackpool City Learning Centre.
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