Here's another version, evidently a kids' street song, from the Federal Writers Project:
http://unx1.shsu.edu/~his_ncp/DeadEnd.html

We are the boys of 11th street that you hear so much about
People hide their pocketbooks whenever they go out.
We're noted for our dirty work, most everything we do.
All the coppers hate us and we hope you hate us too.