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Title
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Turpin and the lawyer
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Singer
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Gascoigne, Herbert
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Song Lyrics
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Verse 1
As Turpin was riding on the moor,
He saw a lawyer to the fore,
And, riding up, he thus did say -
'Have you seen Turpin ride this way?'
Chorus
For 'tis hey! 'tis ho! Turpin hero!
I am the valiant Dick Turpin.
Verse 2
'No, I've not seen Turpin for many a day,
Nor neither should I wish to meet him on the way;
For if I did, I make no doubt,
That my pockets he would rummage out;
But, as for my money, he could not find,
For I've got it sewn in my capes behind.'
Chorus
Verse 3
They rode till they came to the powder mill,
When Dick bid the lawyer to stand still -
''Tis the cape of your coat I must have off,
For my horse she is in want of a new saddle cloth.'
Chorus
Verse 4
Now Turpin he's condemned at last,
And for a game cock he must die at last -
'Here's twenty guineas before I die,
I give Jack Ketch as a small legacy.'
