Duncan Cameron does a great version of this song. I don't know chords, but the lyrics I know are: ALLAN TYNE OF HARROW I am a bold young highwayman Me name is Tyne of Harrow I come from poor but honest folk Near to the hills of Yarrow But getting of a maid with child For England I sailed over I left me parents and became A wild and daring rover Straight to London I did go Where I became a soldier Resolved to fight Brittania's foes No sergeant-at-arms was bolder They shipped me to a foreign shore, Where cannons loud did rattle Believe me boys, I do not boast How I behaved in battle Many's the battle I fought in In Holland and French Flanders I always fought with a courage keen Brought on by brave commanders But a cruel ensign called me out And I was flogged and carted Cruel the usage that I got And so I soon deserted Straight to England I set sail As fast as wind could heave me Resolved of my liberty That no one could deprive me I slept into the woods by night By all my friends forsaken I dared not walk the roads by day For fear I would be taken But being of a courage keen And likewise able-bodied I robbed Lord Lownes on the King's highway With pistols heavy-loaded I clapped the pistols to his breast Which set his heart a-quiver Five hundred pounds in ready gold To me he did deliver With part of my new store of wealth I bought a famous gelding That over a five-bar gate could jump I bought him from Ned Fielding Lord Arkenstone unto his coat I robbed at Covent Garden And two hours later, that same night I robbed the Earl of Warren One night I robbed at Turnham Green The revenue collector And what I got I gave it to A widow, to protect her I always robbed the rich and great To rob the poor I scorned And now in iron chains I'm bound In doom I now lie borned And now at Newgate I'm confined And by the laws convicted To hang on Tyburn tree's my fate At which I'm much a-frighted Farewell, me friends and countrymen And me native hills of Yarrow Kind Providence will test the soul Of Allan Tyne of Harrow
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