Turpin Hero-Ewan MacColl

[ti:Turpin Hero] [ar:Ewan MacColl] [al:Traditional English Folk & Sport Songs] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.35]Turpin Hero - Ewan MacColl [00:00.98]Written by：Trad/ArrMacColl/Seeger [00:01.90] [00:02.78]On hounslow heath as I rode o'er [00:05.28]I spied a lawyer riding before [00:08.00]Kind Sir said I ain't you afraid [00:10.89]Of turpin that mischievous blade [00:13.94]Oh rare turpin hero oh rare turpin oh [00:20.70] [00:21.42]Said turpin he'd ne'er find me out [00:23.93]I've hid my money in my boot [00:26.75]Oh says the lawyer there's none can find [00:29.44]Me gold for it's stitched in me cape behind [00:32.24]Oh rare turpin hero [00:34.97]Oh rare turpin oh [00:39.08] [00:39.65]As they rode down by the powder mill [00:42.52]Turpin commands him to be still [00:44.76]Says he your cape I must cut off [00:47.49]For my mare she wants a saddle cloth [00:50.52]Oh rare turpin hero [00:53.31]O rare turpin oh [00:57.88]As turpin rode in search of prey [01:00.63]He met an excise man on the way [01:03.18]Then boldly he did bid him stand [01:05.73]Your gold he said I do demand [01:08.92]Oh rare turpin hero [01:11.86]O rare turpin oh [01:15.74] [01:16.70]Turpin then without remorse [01:18.95]Soon knocked him quite from off his horse [01:21.50]And left him on the ground to sprawl [01:24.37]So he rode off with his gold and all [01:27.36]Oh rare turpin hero [01:30.17]O rare turpin oh [01:34.04] [01:34.69]So he rode over salisbury plain [01:37.28]He met Lord judge with all his train [01:39.85]Then hero like he did approach [01:42.87]And robbed the judge as he sat in his coach [01:45.71]Oh rare turpin hero [01:48.69]Oh rare turpin oh [01:52.55] [01:53.14]For the shooting of a dung hill cock [01:55.66]Poor turpin now at last he's took [01:58.25]And carried straight into a jail [02:01.13]Where his ill luck he does bewail [02:04.35]Oh rare turpin hero [02:07.01]Oh rare turpin oh [02:10.86] [02:11.45]Now turpin is condemned to die [02:14.21]To hang upon yon gallows high [02:16.80]His legacy is a strong rope [02:19.46]For stealing a poor dung hill cock [02:22.48]Oh rare turpin hero [02:25.44]Oh rare turpin oh [02:28.25]Oh rare turpin hero [02:31.09]Oh rare turpin oh