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 ( 8 ) I wifh’d them good night and fat down to cheir,   (dear. w'hack’d the fpoil with my comrad O then for Dublin I bore away, To my dear wife fo fine and gay, Till old Fielding did me purfue. Taken I was by his bloody crew. Then I was brought to the juftice hall. Where I did ftand before great and fmall Then Sir John Bigwell tlid me coummit, And ftraight to Newgate I was fent. Had I taken my freinds advice. And left of thieving cards, and dice. But I robb’d the rich and did beftow, I gave to thofe that was poor and low; My friends they all do pity me, My wife fhe weeps conutinally, She wrings her hands and tears her hair, Saying I muft go I know not where. When I am caft and going to die, Three’s many fair maids for me will cry, Their fighs and tears will not fave me, Nor fave me from the fatal tree. When I am dead and in the grave, Six gallant whores let me have ; Six gallant whores to bear my pall. Give them white gowns and pink ribons Six jolly fcamps on every fide,(all. Give them fix fwords and piftols bright, That they may fay when I'm in grave, There lies a wild and a rambling blade