Sorry about the last mess, I am hoping this is better!

Dan

Thought a few of you might like this

Twas in the Shire of Nottingham In the year twelve hundred and ten Lived a man by the name of Robin Head And his band of very merry men. They lived on nuts and berr-i-es And the occasional spotted deer Doing the macrobiotic thing And dispensing oodles of cheer.

The sound of merry laughter Ran out through the forest green There was old Friar Tuck (With whom nothing rhymes) And Marion the acid queen Said Little John, "Lets have some mead" Said Robin, "Ooh. what's the point" "I'm tired of doing this venison thing" "Lets go and roll a joint"

Just then there burst upon the scene A band of the Sherrifs men Saying "Allo, allo, allo, allo" "And what's all this 'ere then?" "You'll have to come along with us" "To the palace of the King" "Said Robin "Oh man, don't get so uptight" "I'm only doing my thing"

So Robin bade his men farewell And to Marion he gave a kiss Then went with certain substances For further analysis And the news it spread both far and wide And the people all came to see For the man who always gave good deals Was of great popularity

So Robin was dragged before the throne Of Nottingham's terrible King "For months now, I've been after you" "and now you'll bloody well swing" "But before I sentence you to hang" "For the evils what you've done" "Tell me, what is this weed you grow in the woods" "I think I will try some"

The minutes passed in silence And the air grew awful thick Then the Sherrif cried "Ooh, the colours man!" And was promptly horribly sick And now our story has to end As happy as it began For Robin now deals for the countryside And the Sherrif does Nottingham!

Originally sung by Fred Wedlock on an album released in the early seventies

Try this for an abc format tune...it's basic but it works

B,EBBA/B/GF/E/DE/F/G/A/BFDEzz B,EBBA/B/GF/E/DE/F/G/A/BFDEzz B/c/dddBAF/E/D2B/c/dBAGGF/E/F2zz EB/B/BA/B/GF/E/DE/F/G/A/BFDE