Known as A Burglar Bold, The Burglar and the Old Maid, The Burglar Man and so on. Number 658 in the Roud Folk Song Index, where around 18 examples, all American, are currently listed.

There are four sets at The Max Hunter Folk Song Collection:

Burglar Man As sung by Mrs. Norma Kisner, Springdale, Arkansas on November 25, 1960.
Burglar Man As sung by Doris Venie, Springfield, Missouri on May 24, 1961.
The Old Maid Song As sung by Floyd McGinnis, Pea Ridge, Arkansas on May 20, 1969.
The Old Maid As sung by Beverly Kirkpatric, (Tutchecker), Fort Smith, Arkansas on July 11, 1969.

See also these previous discussions:

old maid and the burglar
Lyrics to the Old Maid and the Burglar
"Folksongs and Minstrelsy"


The basic idea is a very old one, and a whole series of songs have been based on it. You can see several broadside editions, the earliest-dated being between 1663 and 1674, at Bodleian Library Broadside Ballads:

News from Hide-park, or, A very merry passage which hapned betwixt a North country gentleman, and a very gaudy gallant lady of pleasure

Two later forms of the story are in the DT:

VERY UNFORTUNATE MAN (from Jimmy Driftwood)
A DANDY FOR NINETEEN YEARS OLD

The latter is derived from a popular English stage song of the 19th century. Broadside copies at the Bodleian Collection:

The virgin, only nineteen years old