The Valiant Turpin Songtext
von Blackbeard's Tea Party

As Turpin rode in search of prey
He spied a lawyer come his way
He bade that lawyer make a stand
Your gold, he said, is my demand

Singing oh rare Turpin hero
Oh rare Turpin oh
Singing oh rare Turpin hero
I am the valiant Turpin oh

The lawyer stood and so replied
Your bold demand must be denied
Before my money you receive
Well one of us must cease to live

Singing oh rare Turpin hero
Oh rare Turpin oh
Singing oh rare Turpin hero
I am the valiant Turpin oh


So Turpin then without remorse
Rare Turpin hero
He knocked the lawyer from his horse
Rare Turpin oh
And left him on the ground to sprawl
And took his money, gold and all

Singing oh rare Turpin hero
Oh rare Turpin oh
Singing oh rare Turpin hero
I am the valiant Turpin oh

For shooting of that dunghill cock
Rare Turpin hero
Dicky he at last was took
Rare Turpin oh
And thrown into a jail
Where his misfortune he did bewail

Singing oh rare Turpin hero
Oh rare Turpin oh
Singing oh rare Turpin hero
I am the valiant Turpin oh


He stepped out in his flash new suit
Rare Turpin hero
With ten shillings he′d recruit
Rare Turpin oh
Five smiling mourners to stand by
And watch the way poor Dicky died

Singing oh rare Turpin hero
Oh rare Turpin oh
Singing oh rare Turpin hero
I am the valiant Turpin oh

And when that hangman's noose did creak
Rare Turpin hero
Not a mourner there did weep
Rare Turpin oh
For shooting of the dunghill cock
His legacy is nowt but rope

Singing oh rare Turpin hero
Oh rare Turpin oh
Singing oh rare Turpin hero
I am the valiant Turpin oh

Singing oh rare Turpin hero
Oh rare Turpin oh
Singing oh rare Turpin hero
I am the valiant Turpin oh

Singing oh rare Turpin hero
Oh rare Turpin oh
Singing oh rare Turpin hero
I am the valiant Turpin oh

Singing oh rare Turpin hero
Oh rare Turpin oh
Singing oh oh Turpin hero
I am the valiant Turpin