14 Feb 97 - 10:53 AM (#2215) Subject: Robin Hood/Jesse James From: jez@derbex.demon.co.uk For a while I've been looking for a song about Robin Hood, set to the tune of Jesse James. The chorus goes something like :- Robin Hood was a bloke who had many a bow he kept them all nice and clean, and he died in his prime at the age of 89 of a bad case of eye-ball gangerene. Any pointers would be welcome. |
15 Nov 01 - 11:45 AM (#593297) Subject: Lyr Add: Robin Hood From: Joan from Wigan ROBIN HOOD (Words by John...[surname unknown] with extra material by Monologue Joe)(Tune: Jesse James) Robin Hood he was a man and he roamed throughout the land Shooting off his arrows there and here He robbed from the rich and he kept it for himself And he shot the occasional king's deer He'd a fight upon a log with a lad called Little John Who made Robin look a proper twit For John hit him with his pole, and he scored a perfect goal And Robin Hood went flying in the --water CHORUS: For Robin was a man and he owned a lot of bows He kept them all nice and clean He died in his prime at the age of eighty-nine From a bad case of eyeball gangerene Maid Marion there she sits, she's got two enormous --eyes And feet just like a pair of boats Robin keeps her hanging round, she's the only girl in town Who'll give him his daily Nottingham Evening Post Well a man was to be hung; said Robin, This is wrong To Nottingham his merry men he calls He gives his horn a blow, fits an arrow to his bow And shoots the poor old hangman through the --head Now you've often heard the tale of dashing Allan-a-Dale Who wandered through the valleys and the hillocks All the ladies they would swoon when Allan played his tune And they used to waft the flies off his --armour He had the smell of Brut, he got pickled as a newt He chased the girls through Sherwood all his days He chased them through the pines and they used to call him Heinz For he knew fifty-seven different ways Will Scarlett often bragged about all the girls he'd --kissed At playing on the lute he was quite slick He called the girls his pets, and they frequently took bets Whether he or Robin had the biggest --bow The Sheriff's temper ripped as he crept beneath the crypt His plan to capture Robin was a farce For his arrows they were blunt, and that stupid little --sheriff Watched the arrows bounce off Robin's --head The Abbot he was rich, the dirty son of a --woman All day in the church his God he'd thank But the outlaws stole his gold, so the story's told When he went behind a tree to have a --smoke Now Much the miller's son, he didn't have any fun All day on the toilet he would dwell For from the very start, all he did was --cough And the outlaws said, What's that bloody smell? Now the friar's name was Tuck and he didn't give a --damn All day in the forest he would snooze When the men went out to hunt, that dirty big fat --friar Ate up all the food and drank the booze As long as this here minstrel will sing his little song As long as two and two make five As long as we are here paying too much for our beer The tales of Robin Hood will stay alive They'll be passed from hand to hand, sung throughout the land Exaggerated by the mob They'll glorify the name and cover up the shame Of the dirty thieving bastard that he was Of the dirty thieving bastard that he was I was trawling through some old threads and realised I could answer this request. I have emailed Jeremy. Joan |
15 Nov 01 - 11:56 AM (#593307) Subject: RE: Robin Hood/Jesse James From: MMario Huzzah Joan! 4 years, 9 months and a day - is that a MudCat record? Another benefit of the archives on the forum... |
15 Nov 01 - 03:17 PM (#593458) Subject: RE: Robin Hood/Jesse James From: Jim Krause What a great song! I like it. Good thing I haven't had lunch yet, or it would be all over the computer monitor, I was laughing so hard. Jim |
15 Nov 01 - 07:40 PM (#593663) Subject: RE: Robin Hood/Jesse James From: Rollo Yeagh - great song, very funny! Will be the Number one hit of next year's campfire season! |
16 Nov 01 - 09:07 AM (#593892) Subject: RE: Robin Hood/Jesse James From: kendall How dare you besmirch the good name of one of my heros! |
16 Nov 01 - 01:13 PM (#594103) Subject: RE: Robin Hood/Jesse James From: Uncle_DaveO Robin? Or Jesse? Dave Oesterreich |
16 Nov 01 - 01:58 PM (#594142) Subject: RE: Robin Hood/Jesse James From: Mrrzy Unfortunately, he died young, betrayed by a woman. |
16 Nov 01 - 01:59 PM (#594144) Subject: RE: Robin Hood/Jesse James From: Mrrzy Forgot to mention, I also have Jesus Christ to this tune (some dirty little coward called Judas Escariot has laid jesus christ in his grave...) written by Woody Guthrie, sung by Cisco Houston. |
16 Nov 01 - 02:07 PM (#594152) Subject: RE: Robin Hood/Jesse James From: MMario pray forgive my ignorance - but WHICH "Jesse James" tune is this? |
16 Nov 01 - 03:55 PM (#594212) Subject: RE: Robin Hood/Jesse James From: Mrrzy That dirty little coward who shot at mr. howard has laid jesse james in his grave, is the major refrain, if that helps? |
16 Nov 01 - 04:39 PM (#594235) Subject: RE: Robin Hood/Jesse James From: MMario that would make it this one then, thank you! |
16 Nov 01 - 08:52 PM (#594424) Subject: RE: Robin Hood/Jesse James From: Susan of DT The parody Mrrzy mentioned is in the DT, title "Jesus Christ" |
16 Nov 01 - 09:20 PM (#594436) Subject: RE: Robin Hood/Jesse James From: masato sakurai Woody's "Jesus Christ" covered by U2 is on Folkways-Vision Shared. Sound clip is HERE. ~Masato
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17 Nov 01 - 04:02 AM (#594556) Subject: RE: Robin Hood/Jesse James From: Kaleea Gee, I always liked the theme song from the Robin Hood TV show which was on when I was a small child. It's campy, it's cheesy, & we sang along every week. |
17 Nov 01 - 09:34 AM (#594622) Subject: RE: Robin Hood/Jesse James From: Midchuck I used to sing:
"Robin Hood, Robin Hood, riding through the glen, Then my mother, or later, my wife, would hit me... Peter. |
17 Nov 01 - 09:27 PM (#594900) Subject: RE: Robin Hood/Jesse James From: Art Thieme Most of the Robin Hood ballads are in Francis James Child's compilation. I included "ROBIN HOOD'S DEATH" on my 1998 CD for Andrew Calhoun's label, Waterbug Records.
www.waterbug.com |