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Ewan MacColl
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Turpin Hero
On Hounslow Heath as I rode o'er I spied a lawyer riding before. 'Kind sir,' said I, 'ain't you afraid, Of Turpin, that mischievous blade?' O rare Turpin hero O rare Turpin O Said Turpin, 'He'd ne'er find me out I've hid my money in my boot.' Says the lawyer, 'There's none can find Me gold for it's stitched in me cape behind.' O rare Turpin hero O rare Turpin O As they rode down by the powder mill Turpin commands him to be still; Says he, 'Your cape I must cut off, For my mare she wants a saddle cloth.' O rare Turpin hero O rare Turpin O As Turpin rode in search of prey He met an excise man on the way Then boldly he did bid him stand Your gold he said I do demand O rare Turpin hero O rare Turpin O Turpin then without remorse Find more lyrics at ※ Mojim.com Soon knocked him quite from off his horse And left him on the ground to sprawl So he rode off with his gold and all O rare Turpin hero O rare Turpin O So he rode over Salisbury Plain He met lord judge with all his train Then hero-like he did approach And robbed the judge as he sat in his coach O rare Turpin hero O rare Turpin O For the shooting of a dung-hill cock Poor Turpin now at last he's took And carried straight into a jail Where his ill luck he does bewail O rare Turpin hero O rare Turpin O Now Turpin is condemned to die To hang upon yon gallows high His legacy is a strong rope For stealing a poor dung-hill cock O rare Turpin hero O rare Turpin O
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