It was written by Alan Doyle (formerly of Great Big Sea) for Robin Hood with Russel Crowe. Doyle is one of the "Merry Men".

As of October 2017, he's releasing it on the album "A Week at the Warehouse".

There's a great blog posting (August 18th, 2017) about the song on his website: Bully Boys. A Modern Folk Song (alandoyle.ca)