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Sally Sloane Lithgow Recorded May 1976 SITE SOURCE: Sally Sloane - Folklore Unit  sung by Warren Fahey
I've Been a Wild BoyOh, my father he died and he left me his estate,I married a lady whose fortune was great, And through keeping bad company I've spent all my store. I have been a wild boy, but I'll be so no more. Oh, there was Bill, Tom and Harry and Betsy and Sue And two or three others belonged to our crew; We sat up till midnight and made the town roar. Oh, I've been a wild boy, but I'll be so no more. I was always too fond of treating ladies to wine, Till my pockets grew empty too soon I would find; Twenty pounds in one night, oh, I've spent them and more. Oh, I've been a wild boy, but I'll be so no more. Oh, it's first down to Newgate a prisoner I went; I had on cold irons, I had to lament, And I had to find comfort as I lay on the floor. Oh, I've been a wild boy, but I'll be so no more. Oh, the next down to Newgate a prisoner I stand, And what I have longed for is now out of hand, And if ever I gain my liberty, as I've had before, I will be a good boy and go roaming no more. Oh, bad luck to all married men who visit strange doors, I've done so myself but I'll do so no more; I'll go back to my family, I'll go back to my wife, And I'll be a good boy all the days of my life |
