D/ About they went, with theft G/ intent
Until the G/ place they were D/ finding
They broke into a G/ country D/ church
That A/ nobody was a'minding
They D/ scraped together G/ all they D/ could
And were prepared to Em/ slope
When D/ Paddy said, "now G/ hold on, D/ Mike.
What G/ have we got for D/ rope

If that's the right version. From the singing of Sean Cannon.