Intro: 

            
On Hounslow He

       
ath as I rode 

o'er
            
I spied a lawy

      
er riding befo

re
             
Kind Sir says 

           
he Aren't you 

afraid
            
Of Turpin that

      
 mischievous b

lade

        
Oh rare Turpin

 hero
           
Oh rare Turpin

  
 oh


            
Said Turpin he

            
'll never find

 me out
            
I'll hid him m

        
y money in my 

boot
             
Oh said the la

     
wyer he'll nev

er find me gol

d
            
For it's stitc


hed in my cape

 behind


        
Oh rare Turpin

 hero
           
Oh rare Turpin

  
 oh


            
As they rode d

       
own by the pow

der mill
            
Turpin command

  
s him to be st

ill
             
He said Your c

     
ape I must cut

 off
            
For my mare sh


e needs a sadd

le cloth


        
Oh rare Turpin

 hero
           
Oh rare Turpin

  
 oh


            
As turpin rode

       
 in search of 

prey
            
He met an exci

  
se man on his 

way
             
And boldly he 

     
did bid him st

and
            
Gold he said I


 do demand


        
Oh rare Turpin

 hero
           
Oh rare Turpin

  
 oh


            
And Turpin qui

       
te without rem

orse
            
Soon knocked h

  
im quite from 

off his horse
             
And left him o

     
n the ground t

o spall
            
Rode off with 


his gold and a

ll


        
Oh rare Turpin

 hero
           
Oh rare Turpin

  
 oh

            
Now Turpin is 

 
condemned to d

ie
            
To hang upon t

  
he gallows hig

h
             
His legacy is 

     
a strong rope
            
For the shooti


ng of a dung-h

ill cock (in o

ther versions:

 Turpin hero t

here's no hope

)

        
Oh rare Turpin

 hero
           
Oh rare Turpin

  
 oh