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 [00:02.81]On hounslow heath as I rode o'er [00:05.56]I spied a lawyer riding before [00:08.23]Kind Sir said I ain't you afraid [00:10.99]Of turpin that mischievous blade [00:13.96]O rare turpin hero [00:16.80]O rare turpin o [00:20.51] [00:21.38]Said turpin he'd ne'er find me out [00:24.23]I've hid my money in my boot [00:26.84]Says the lawyer there's none can find [00:29.41]Me gold for it's stitched in me cape behind [00:32.18]O rare turpin hero [00:35.07]O rare turpin o [00:38.71] [00:39.58]As they rode down by the powder mill [00:42.46]Turpin commands him to be still [00:45.04]Says he your cape I must cut off [00:47.64]For my mare she wants a saddle cloth [00:50.58]O rare turpin hero [00:53.35]O rare turpin o [00:57.43] [00:58.06]As turpin rode in search of prey [01:00.79]He met an excise man on the way [01:03.49]Then boldly he did bid him stand [01:05.97]Your gold he said I do demand [01:08.92]O rare turpin hero [01:11.85]O rare turpin o [01:15.46] [01:16.59]Turpin then without remorse [01:18.99]Soon knocked him quite from off his horse [01:21.73]And left him on the ground to sprawl [01:24.61]So he rode off with his gold and all [01:27.31]O rare turpin hero [01:30.14]O rare turpin o [01:34.72]So he rode over salisbury plain [01:37.60]He met Lord judge with all his train [01:40.15]Then hero like he did approach [01:42.79]And robbed the judge as he sat in his coach [01:45.81]O rare turpin hero [01:48.63]O rare turpin o [01:52.17] [01:53.13]For the shooting of a dung hill cock [01:55.90]Poor turpin now at last he's took [01:58.61]And carried straight into a jail [02:01.34]Where his ill luck he does bewail [02:04.22]O rare turpin hero [02:07.06]O rare turpin o [02:10.84] [02:11.43]Now turpin is condemned to die [02:14.14]To hang upon yon gallows high [02:16.86]His legacy is a strong rope [02:19.62]For stealing a poor dung hill cock [02:22.56]O rare turpin hero [02:25.53]O rare turpin o [02:28.37]O rare turpin hero [02:31.12]O rare turpin o