[Verse 1] I am a gallant highway man, called Valentine O'Hara And I come from poor but decent folk nigh' to the hill of Tara By the getting of a maid with child, to England I went over I left my parents and I became a wild and daring rover [Verse 2] Well it's straight to England I did go, where I became a soldier Resolved to fight Britannia's foe; not Hector Great was bolder I fought all in some foreign shores, where cannons loud did rattle Believe me boys I do not boast how I behaved in battle [Verse 3] Well it’s many’s the battle I fought in In Holland and French Flanders But I always fought with a courage keen Led on by great commanders Until a cruel ensign found me out, and I was flogged and carted Ooh cruel usage they gave me, and so I soon departed [Verse 4] Well it’s straight back to England I did go As fast as winds would drive me Resolved that of my liberty, no man could e’er deny me But I slept out in the fields at night, by all my friends forsaken I dare not walk the road by day, for fear I might be taken [Verse 5] But I being of the courage keen and likewise able bodied I robbed Lord Nounce of the King’s highway With pistols heavy loaded I placed my pistols to his breast Which caused his his heart to quiver Five hundred pounds in ready gold, to me he did deliver [Verse 6] Well with part of my new store of gold I bought a famous gelding That could jump over a five bar gate And I bought him from on Ned Fielding Lord Arkenstone all in his coach I robbed near Covent Garden And two hours later that same night, I robbed the Earl of Warren [Verse 7] In Turnham Green I next did rob, the revenue collector And what I took from him, I gave to a widow to protect her I always robbed the rich and great For to rob the poor I scorned And now in iron chains I’m bound, and doomed I now lie burning [Verse 8] And it’s straight to Newgate I do go, all by the law convicted To hang all on the Tyburn Tree, of which I’m much affrighted Farewell my friends and neighbours all Likewise my native Tara Kind providence may test the soul of Valentine O’Hara
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