WHEN I was a lad, I had cause to be sad, My grandfather I did loose, O! I'll bet you a can you have heard of the man, His name was Robinson Crusoe. Oh! poor Robinson Crusoe, Chorus. Tink a tang, tink a tang, Oh! poor Robinson Crusoe.

Perhaps you've read in a book of a voyage he took, How the howling whirlwinds blew so; The ship with a shock drove plump on a rock, Near drowning poor Robinson Crusoe. Oh! poor Robinson Crusoe, &c.

Poor soul, none but he remain'd on the sea, Ah! fate, fate, how couldest thou do so! 'Till ashore he was thrown on an island un- known. Oh! poor Robinson Crusoe. Oh! poor Robinson Crusoe, &c.

He wanted to eat, and he sought for some meat, But the cattle away from him flow so, That but for his gun, he'd been surely undone, Oh! poor Robinson Crusoe. Oh! poor Robinson Crusoe, &c.

But he sav'd from on board an old gun and a sword, And another odd matter or two, so That by dint of his thrift, he manag'd to shift. Well done poor Robinson Crusoe. Oh! poor Robinson Crusoe, &c.

And he happen'd to save from the merciless wave, A poor parrot, I assure you it was so, That when he came home from a wearisome roam, She'd cry out, poor Robinson Crusoe- Oh! poor Robinson Crusoe, &c.

He got all in the wood that ever he cou'd, And he stuck it together with glue, so That he made him a hut, in which he might put The body of Robinson Crusoe. Oh! poor Robinson Crusoe, &c.

He wore an old cap and a coat with long nap, And a beard as long as a Jew, so That, by all that is civil, he look'd like the devil, More than Robinson Crusoe. Oh! poor Robinson Crusoe, &c.

And his man Friday kept the hut neat and tidy, To be sure 'twas his business to do so; They were friendly together like neighbor and brother, Liv'd Friday and Robinson Crusoe- Oh! poor Robinson Crusoe, &c.

At length an English sail came near, within hail; Oh then he took to his canoe, so That on reaching the ship they gave him a trip To the country of Robinson Crusoe. Oh! poor Robinson Crusoe, &c.