Jon, re Robinson Crusoe, are you thinking of the verse in 'When there isn't a Girl About'?

Poor Robinson Crusoe, all on his ownio,
He sat upon a rock, a winding up his clock,
When up came Friday and sat down beside him,
He whipped his old bazooka out and this is what he said,
Get hold o' this, get hold o' that,
When there isn't a girl about you do feel lonely
When there isn't a girl about you're on your only
Absolutely on the shelf
Nothing to do but play wi' yourself
When there isn't a girl about.

Original clean version 1906, Harry Castling and Charles Collins.