Brian Peters

Now, as Dickie was a-riding across yon moor
He spied a lawyer riding out before
He rode up to him and he thus did say,
"Did you see Dickie Turpin ride this way?"

Heigh-ho, Turpin hero
I am the valiant Turpin-O

"Well, I've not seen him for many's the day
No more do I want to see him ride this way
For if I did, I have no doubt
He'd turn me pockets inside out"

To me heigh-ho, Turpin hero
I am the valiant Turpin-O

Well now that Dickie says, "Well, I've been cute--
I've hidden me money in me old top-boot"
"Well," says the lawyer, "he shan't have mine--
I've hid it in my greatcoat cape behind"

To me heigh-ho, Turpin hero
I am the valiant Turpin-O

Well, they rode on together till they came to a hill
He says to the lawyer, "Well, you must stand still
Your greatcoat cape it must come off
For my Black Bess needs a new saddlecloth"

To me heigh-ho, Turpin hero
I am the valiant Turpin-O

"Now that I have robbed you of all your store
You'll have to go out and work for more
And the very next town that you do ride in
Tell them you've been robbed by Dick Turpin!"

To me heigh-ho, Turpin hero
I am the valiant Turpin-O

Now, wasn't Dickie caught so hard and fast
For killing of an old game-cock at last
"Here is fifty guineas before I die,
To pay Jack Ketch for a lad like I"

Heigh-ho, Turpin hero
I am the valiant Turpin-O

Heigh-ho, Turpin hero
I am the valiant Turpin-O