From the Bodleian Library Broadside Ballads, Firth b.27(362):

HERE WE ARE JOLLY DOGS, or SLAP BANG.

1. We're jolly dogs who take our ease,
And never take things cross.
We neither heed laws or police,
And spree about, of course;
And we always are so jolly, oh,
So jolly, oh, so jolly, oh.
A fig for melancholy, oh.
Rare jolly dogs are we.

CHORUS: We lark—we spree—we laugh, ah, ah.
We laugh, ha, ha, and spree and sing.
Rare jolly dogs are we.
Fal lal, lal, tol, lol, lol, fol, lol, lol,
Fol lol lol, tral lal lal, lol lol lol,
Fal-de-riddle-iddle i-do.
Slap, bang! Here we are again.
Here we go again! Here we go again.
Slap, bang! here we go again.
Rare jolly dogs are we.

2. From "Evans's" at three o'clock,
In the morning forth we go,
And floor the market flower stalls,
And lark down the "Grand Row,"
And we spree away, so jolly, oh,
So jolly, oh, so jolly, oh.
Who cares for melancholy, oh?
Rare jolly dogs are we.

3. We wrench of knockers, plates and bells,
For "Bobbies," what care we?
They don't molest such jovial swells,
If well we do them fee.
So on we go, so jolly, oh,
So jolly, oh, so jolly, oh.
Policemen treat, all jolly, oh,
Rare jolly dogs are we.

4. We dine and sup, we drink and sing,
And revel as we please,
Till "Big Ben" sounds the little hours,
Then sally out, on sprees;
And along we go, so jolly, oh,
So jolly, oh, so jolly, oh.
Blow care, and melancholy, oh.
Rare jolly dogs are we.

5. We quiz Miss Menkin, on her steed,
Fast dash the stage across,
And think each of us, jolly dogs,
Would like to be the horse.
Oh, we are the boys, so jolly, oh,
So jolly, oh, so jolly, oh.
Away with melancholy oh.
Rare jolly dogs are we.

6. The fam'd Marquis of Waterford,
For fast life, fast went in,
But we, were he alive again,
"A wrinkle" could teach him;
For we're merry boys, so jolly, oh,
So jolly, oh, so jolly, oh.
So much for melancholy, oh.
Rare jolly dogs are we.

7. At masquerades and music halls,
We're in our element.
Who cares a jot how money flies?
'Twas all meant to be spent.
And we always spend ours jolly, oh,
So jolly, oh, so jolly, oh,
On sport and pleasure, jolly, oh.
Rare jolly dogs are we.