From Selected Songs Sung at Harvard College: From 1862 to 1866 (Cambridge: Press of John Wilson and Sons, 1866), page 63:


RUMSTY HO.

A beggar-man laid himself down to sleep,
        Rumsty ho, rumsty ho;
A beggar-man laid himself down to sleep
On the banks of the Mersey, so high and steep,
        Rumsty ho, rumsty ho.

Two thieves came walking by that way,
        Rumsty ho, rumsty ho;
Two thieves came walking by that way,
And they came to the place where the beggar-man lay,
        Rumsty ho, rumsty ho.

They stole his wallet, and they stole his staff,
        Rumsty ho, rumsty ho;
They stole his wallet, and they stole his staff,
And then they broke out in a great hoarse laugh,
        Rumsty ho, rumsty ho.

As I was going down Newgate stairs,
        Rumsty ho, rumsty ho;
As I was going down Newgate stairs,
I saw those two thieves saying their prayers,
        Rumsty ho, rumsty ho.

As I was going up Tyburn Hill,
        Rumsty ho, rumsty ho;
As I was going up Tyburn Hill,
I saw those two thieves hanging there still,
        Rumsty ho, rumsty ho.