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Who would be a poor man, a beggarman, a thief -- |
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If he had a rich man in his hand. |
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And who would steal the candy |
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From a laughing baby's mouth |
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If he could take it from the money man. |
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Cross-eyed mary goes jumping in again. |
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She signs no contract |
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But she always plays the game. |
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Dines in hampstead village |
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On expense accounted gruel, |
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And the jack-knife barber drops her off at school. |
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Laughing in the playground -- gets no kicks from little boys: |
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Would rather make it with a letching grey. |
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Or maybe her attention is drawn by aqualung, |
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Who watches through the railings as they play. |
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Cross-eyed mary finds it hard to get along. |
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She's a poor man's rich girl |
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And she'll do it for a song. |
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She's a rich man stealer |
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But her favour's good and strong: |
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She's the robin hood of highgate -- |
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Helps the poor man get along. |
