[Verse 1]
I am a cobbler's daughter
I'm thought of rude and mean
But a finer and a bonnier lass
Well, you have never seen
I've plagued my father's head
For my life I wouldn't wed
And my mother's in the prison 'cause of me

[Verse 2]
There was a handsome young man
Who used to live by me
If I went out, if I went in
He'd always follow me
I know I don't rue the day
And it happened as I say
I took him to my chamber room to see

[Verse 3]
I took him to my chamber
Where we could be alone
And knowing that my mother
And my father were at home
He kissed me on the cheek
And I screamed till I was weak
My father came a-running to my show
[Verse 4]
He jumped upon the young man
As I was standing by
But he brought his fist behind his head
And he thumped him in the eye
My mother heard the din
Up the stairs she did begin
With a broom for a weapon she held high

[Verse 5]
Out ran the young man
Unto the stairs straightway
My mother she was waiting
Like a raging bull I'd say
She's hit him on the head
And the young man fell like lead
Quite dead upon the floor he lay

[Verse 1]
I am a cobbler's daughter
I'm thought of rude and mean
But a finer and a bonnier lass
Well, you have never seen
I've plagued my father's head
For my life I wouldn't wed
And my mother's in the prison 'cause of me