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Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS
Small Faces
Small Faces
Performer
Ronnie Lane
Ronnie Lane
Bass Guitar
Kenney Jones
Kenney Jones
Drums
Steve Marriott
Steve Marriott
Guitar
Ian McLagan
Ian McLagan
Vocals
Stanley Unwin
Stanley Unwin
Vocals
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Ronnie Lane
Ronnie Lane
Composer
Steve Marriott
Steve Marriott
Composer
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Ronnie Lane
Ronnie Lane
Producer
Steve Marriott
Steve Marriott
Producer
Glyn Johns
Glyn Johns
Recording Engineer

Lyrics

There was an old man who lived in the greenwood nobody knew him or what he had done but mothers would say to their children, "Beware of Mad John." John would sing with the birds in the morning laugh with the wind in the cold end of night but people from behind their curtains, said he's not quite right. John had it sussed he was living the life of a tramp yes his bed was the cold and the damp but the sun was his friend he was free So here was a wise one who loved all the haters he loved them so much that their hate turned to fear and shaking from behind their curtains the loved ones would hear.
Writer(s): Ronnie Lane, Steve Marriott Lyrics powered by www.musixmatch.com
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