Kept by order of the Parish · County of Moorshire

The Mournhowe Register

Being a true account of the old neighbours of these islands,
their licences, their trades, and their trespasses.

Printed for the Archive · Sold at the sign of the Black Dog · Price Two Pence
The Ballad Sheet · kept separately

Little Thief

Woodcut plate for the ballad — the theft, in four panels

Click the plate, and the matter is told panel by panel.

To be sung to a tavern stomp — slow at first, and merry after.

I. — slow, sultry Little thief, oh little thief, You've taken more than grief. What you hide beneath the board Was never yours, my lord. Chorus So hand it over, sweet and slow, Hand it over, don't say no, Dance with me, my pretty ones, Till all your running's done! Chorus — wilder Hand it over, sweet and slow, Hand it over, don't say no, Dance with me, my pretty ones, Till all your running's done! Outro — whispered …And I shall let you go.

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