Cautionary Verses (Part I)

If you wake up at midnight,
And hear a horse's feet,
Don't go drawing back the blinds,
Nor looking in the street.
Them that do ask no questions
Will never hear a lie;
So watch the wall, my darling,
When the gentlemen go by.

For five and twenty ponies
Are trotting through the dark
With brandy for the parson,
Tobacco for the clerk,
With laces for the ladies
And letters for a spy;
So watch the wall, my darling,
When the gentlemen go by.