Duncan Grey (Original Mix) Lyrics
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
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
O rare turpin hero
O rare turpin o