She knows I'm a deserter from the Scottish Fusiliers,
She knows I stole a blind-man's can... that got me seven years!
She knows I've been connected with a gang of West-End Pests,
And the police have had me twice inside the cage;
And she knows I mix with ladies that have got a shady past,
But my mother doesn't know I'm on the stage.

"My Mother Doesn't Know I'm on the Stage", line 11