Poor Boy The Greenwood

Electric Light Orchestra - Poor Boy (The Greenwood) from the album Eldorado [Intro] / / 2× [Verse 1] Me I’m just a poor boy from across the far southland And I’ve traveled many days to reach this place to make my sta  -  and I fell in with a merry band and drank away the hours. [Chorus] Rollin’ on I’ve been rollin’ on And my head is high from the battle won Laid down my     life for  the Greenwood [Verse 2] The city boys and the country boys they come from miles around To defy their king and country save the poor folks from the ha -  and Of the thieving dukes and abbotts and the gentry of the land. [Chorus] Rollin’ on I’ve been rollin’ on And my head is high from the battle won Laid down   my   life  for  the Greenwood [Verse 3]   Sweet Maid Marion don’t you do me no wrong   Stay on the right side the Greenwood is your ho -  ome The dancing girls and the open fires the wine that flows like water. [Chorus] Rollin’ on I’ve been rollin’ on And my head is high from the battle won Laid down   my   life  for  the Greenwood