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I am a daring highwayman,

My name is tide O’ Harrow

I’m come of poor but honest folks,

nigh to the hills of Yarrow

For getting of a maid with child,

for England I sail’d over,

Leaving my parents almost wild

since I became a Rover.

Then straight to London I did go,

where I became a soldier,

Resolved to fight Britian’s foes,

great Hector ne’er was bolder

They sent me to a foreign court,

where cannons loud did rattle,

Believe me boys I do not boast,

how I behaved in battle

For many’s the battle I’ve been in

in Holland and French Flanders,

I always fought wi a courage keen,

led on by brave commanders,