Turpin Hero-Ewan MacColl

[ti:Turpin Hero] [ar:Ewan MacColl] [al:The Folk Collection, Vol. 2] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Turpin Hero (特平英雄) - Ewan MacColl [00:02.96]On hounslow heath as I rode o'er [00:05.71]I spied a lawyer riding before [00:08.38]Kind Sir said I ain't you afraid [00:11.14]Of turpin that mischievous blade [00:14.11]O rare turpin hero [00:16.95]O rare turpin o [00:20.66] [00:21.53]Said turpin he'd ne'er find me out [00:24.38]I've hid my money in my boot [00:26.99]Says the lawyer there's none can find [00:29.56]Me gold for it's stitched in me cape behind [00:32.33]O rare turpin hero [00:35.22]O rare turpin o [00:38.86] [00:39.73]As they rode down by the powder mill [00:42.61]Turpin commands him to be still [00:45.19]Says he your cape I must cut off [00:47.79]For my mare she wants a saddle cloth [00:50.73]O rare turpin hero [00:53.50]O rare turpin o [00:57.58] [00:58.21]As turpin rode in search of prey [01:00.94]He met an excise man on the way [01:03.64]Then boldly he did bid him stand [01:06.12]Your gold he said I do demand [01:09.07]O rare turpin hero [01:12.00]O rare turpin o [01:15.61] [01:16.74]Turpin then without remorse [01:19.14]Soon knocked him quite from off his horse [01:21.88]And left him on the ground to sprawl [01:24.76]So he rode off with his gold and all [01:27.46]O rare turpin hero [01:30.29]O rare turpin o [01:34.87]So he rode over salisbury plain [01:37.75]He met Lord judge with all his train [01:40.30]Then hero like he did approach [01:42.94]And robbed the judge as he sat in his coach [01:45.96]O rare turpin hero [01:48.78]O rare turpin o [01:52.32] [01:53.28]For the shooting of a dung hill cock [01:56.05]Poor turpin now at last he's took [01:58.76]And carried straight into a jail [02:01.49]Where his ill luck he does bewail [02:04.37]O rare turpin hero [02:07.21]O rare turpin o [02:10.99] [02:11.58]Now turpin is condemned to die [02:14.29]To hang upon yon gallows high [02:17.01]His legacy is a strong rope [02:19.77]For stealing a poor dung hill cock [02:22.71]O rare turpin hero [02:25.68]O rare turpin o [02:28.52]O rare turpin hero [02:31.27]O rare turpin o