SONGS THE MINSTREL SANG 
(Gordon Lightfoot)

As recorded Gordon Lightfoot 1978


It's almost over, it's almost done
And you can't put the blame on anyone
It's almost easy and it's almost fun
Did you get caught with your britches on.

Hi derry day in the month of May
Was the song the minstrel sang
To the good of Robin Hood
Maid Marion and all the gang.

His aim was mean and his shot was clean
And his suit was the sheen of a evergreen
The folks he knew hadn't naught to fear
When the sheriff was there they were over here.

Hi derry doon in the month of June
Was the song the minstrel sung
To the good of Robin Hood's
Good name and a place to run.

He loved strong ale and a run down jail
Was the kind of a scene where he never failed
There was no man on the sea or land
Who could get Maid Marion on the trail.

Hi derry day in the month of May
Was the song the minstrel sang
To the good of Robin Hood
Maid Marion and all the gang.

(bridge)

It's almost over, it's almost done
And you can't put the blame on Marion
She almost made it to the friar's gate
But the old wooden bridge wouldn't elevate.

Hi derry doon in the month of June
Was the song the minstrel sung
To the good of Robin Hood's
Good name and a place to run.



(Transcribed by David Story - February 2013)