Poor Boy (the Greenwood)

Electric Light Orchestra

Me, I'm just a poor boy from across the far southland


And I've travelled many days to reach this place to make my stand


Oh, I fell in with a merry band and drank away the hours.





Rolling on - I've been rolling on, and my head is high, from the battle won


Laid down my life for the Greenwood.





The city boys and the country boys they come from miles around


To defy their king and country, save the poor folks from the hand


Of the thieving dukes and abbots and the gentry of the land.





Rolling on - I've been rolling on, and my head is high, from the battle won


Laid down my life for the Greenwood.





Sweet Maid Marion, don't you do me no wrong


Stay on the right side, the Greenwood is your home


The dancing girls and the open fires, and the wine that flows like water.





Rolling on - I've been rolling on, and my head is high, from the battle won


Laid down my life for the Greenwood