The Molecatcher

In Manchester town at the sign of the plough

There lived a molecatcher, shall I tell you how?

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Sing Lal ta li day, lal ta li liddle aye lal ta lie day

He went a molecatching from morning to night

And a young fellow came for to play with his wife

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The molecatcher jealous of this very same thing

He hid in the wash house to see him come in

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He saw the young fellow come over the stile

Which caused the molecatcher so crafty to smile

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He knocked on the door and thus he did say

"Where is your husband, good woman, I pray?"

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"He's gone a-molecatching, you need never fear"

But they didn't know the molecatcher was near

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She went up the stairs and gave him the sign

And the molecatcher followed them quickly behind

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And while the young fellow was up to his frolics

The molecatcher caught him right fast by his bollocks

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The trap it squeezed tighter, which caused him to smile

Saying, "Here's the best mole that I've caught in a while"

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"I'll make you pay dearly for tilling my ground

And the money it'll cop you no less than ten pound"

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"Ten pound," says the young fellow, "That I don't mind

It only works out about tuppence a grind"

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So come all you young fellows and mind what you're at

And don't get 'em caught in the molecatcher's trap

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