"Here the hangman stops his cart: br Now the best of friends must part. br Fare you well, for ill fare I: br Live, lads, and I will die. br br "Oh, at home had I but stayed br 'Prenticed to my father's trade, br Had I stuck to plane and adze, br I had not been lost, my lads. br br "Then I might have built perhaps br Gallows-trees for other chaps, br Never dangled on my own, br Had I left but ill alone. br br "Now, you see, they hang me high, br And the people passing by br Stop to shake their fists and curse; br So 'tis come from ill to worse. br br "Here hang I, and right and left br Two poor fellows hang for theft: br All the same's the luck we prove, br Though the midmost hangs for love. br br "Comrades all, that stand and gaze, br Walk henceforth in other ways; br See my neck and save your own: br Comrades all, leave ill alone. br br "Make some day a decent end, br Shrewder fellows than your friend. br Fare you well, for ill fare I: br Live lads, and I will die.