When a felon's not engaged in his employment
or maturing his felonious little plans
his capacity for innocent enjoyment
is just as great as any honest man's
Our feelins we with difficulty smother
When constabulary duty's to be done
Ah, take one consideration with another
a policeman's lot is not a happy one
 
Ah, when constabulary duty's to be done, to be done
a policeman's lot is not a happy one.