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The Text The only text of this ballad is in the Percy Folio from which it is here rendered in modern spelling Although the original is written continuously it is almost impossible not to suspect an omission after Child points out however that the abrupt transition is found in other ballads see Adam Bell and Hales and Furnivall put in inverted commas as part of Robin's relation of his dream Percy's emendation was	A
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'The woodweete sang and wold not cese	A
Sitting upon the spraye	B
Soe lowde he wakend Robin Hood	C
In the greenwood where he lay	D
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Now by my faye said jollye Robin	E
A sweaven I had this night	F
I dreamt me of tow mighty yemen	E
That fast with me can fight '	-
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The Story Whether verses have been lost or not the story has become confused as there is nothing to show how Robin knows that the Sheriff of Nottingham holds Little John captive yet he makes careful preparations to pass himself off as Sir Guy in order to set John free	G
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There has come down to us a fragment of a play of Robin Hood and the Sheriff In this dramatic fragment an unnamed knight is promised a reward by the sheriff if he takes Robin Hood The knight and Robin shoot and wrestle and fight Robin wins cuts off the knight's head puts on his clothes and takes the head away with him A second scene shows how the sheriff takes prisoner the other outlaws amongst whom is Friar Tuck but the allocation of the parts in the dialogue is mostly conjectural	D
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Footnote sweaven dream	H
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ROBIN HOOD AND GUY OF GISBORNE	E
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When shaws been sheen and shradds full fair	I
And leaves both large and long	J
It is merry walking in the fair forest	K
To hear the small bird's song	J
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The woodweel sang and would not cease	A
Amongst the leaves o' lyne	E
And it is by two wight yeomen	E
By dear God that I mean	E
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'Methought they did me beat and bind	L
And took my bow me fro	M
If I be Robin alive in this land	N
I'll be wroken on both them two '	-
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'Swevens are swift master ' quoth John	E
'As the wind that blows o'er a hill	D
For if it be never so loud this night	F
Tomorrow it may be still '	-
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'Busk ye bown ye my merry men all	D
For John shall go with me	G
For I'll go seek yond wight yeomen	E
In greenwood where they be '	-
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They cast on their gown of green	E
A shooting gone are they	D
Until they came to the merry greenwood	C
Where they had gladdest be	G
There were they 'ware of a wight yeoman	E
His body leaned to a tree	G
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A sword and a dagger he wore by his side	O
Had been many a man's bane	E
And he was clad in his capul hide	O
Top and tail and mane	E
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'Stand you still master ' quoth Little John	E
'Under this trusty tree	G
And I will go to yond wight yeoman	E
To know his meaning truly '	-
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'Ah John by me thou sets no store	P
And that's a ferly thing	Q
How oft send I my men before	P
And tarry myself behind	L
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'It is no cunning a knave to ken	E
And a man but hear him speak	R
And it were not for bursting of my bow	S
John I would thy head break '	-
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But often words they breeden bale	D
That parted Robin and John	E
John is gone to Barn sdale	D
The gates he knows each one	E
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And when he came to Barn sdale	D
Great heaviness there he had	T
He found two of his fellows	A
Were slain both in a slade	U
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And Scarlet afoot flying was	A
Over stocks and stone	E
For the sheriff with seven score men	E
Fast after him is gone	E
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'Yet one shot I'll shoot ' says Little John	E
'With Christ his might and main	E
I'll make yond fellow that flies so fast	V
To be both glad and fain '	-
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John bent up a good yew bow	S
And fettled him to shoot	W
The bow was made of a tender bough	S
And fell down to his foot	X
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'Woe worth thee wicked wood ' said Little John	E
'That e'er thou grew on a tree	G
For this day thou art my bale	D
My boot when thou should be '	-
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This shot it was but loosely shot	Y
The arrow flew in vain	E
And it met one of the sheriff's men	E
Good William a Trent was slain	E
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It had been better for William a Trent	Z
To hang upon a gallow	D
Than for to lie in the greenwood	C
There slain with an arrow	D
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And it is said when men be met	A2
Six can do more than three	G
And they have ta'en Little John	E
And bound him fast to a tree	G
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'Thou shalt be drawn by dale and down	E
And hanged high on a hill '	-
'But thou may fail ' quoth Little John	E
'If it be Christ's own will '	-
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Let us leave talking of Little John	E
For he is bound fast to a tree	G
And talk of Guy and Robin Hood	C
In the greenwood where they be	G
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How these two yeomen together they met	A2
Under the leaves of lyne	E
To see what merchandise they made	U
Even at that same time	B2
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'Good morrow good fellow ' quoth Sir Guy	C2
'Good morrow good fellow ' quoth he	G
'Methinks by this bow thou bears in thy hand	N
A good archer thou seems to be	G
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'I am wilful of my way ' quoth Sir Guy	C2
'And of my morning tide '	-
'I'll lead thee through the wood ' quoth Robin	E
'Good fellow I'll be thy guide '	-
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'I seek an outlaw ' quoth Sir Guy	C2
'Men call him Robin Hood	C
I had rath r meet with him upon a day	D
Than forty pound of gold '	-
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'If you two met it would be seen whether were better	D2
Afore ye did part away	D
Let us some other pastime find	L
Good fellow I thee pray	D
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'Let us some other masteries make	E2
And we will walk in the woods even	E
We may chance meet with Robin Hood	C
At some unset steven '	-
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They cut them down the summer shroggs	A
Which grew both under a briar	D2
And set them three score rood in twain	E
To shoot the pricks full near	F2
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'Lead on good fellow ' said Sir Guy	C2
'Lead on I do bid thee '	-
'Nay by my faith ' quoth Robin Hood	C
'The leader thou shalt be '	-
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The first good shot that Robin led	G2
Did not shoot an inch the prick fro	D
Guy was an archer good enough	H2
But he could ne'er shoot so	D
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The second shot Sir Guy shot	Y
He shot within the garland	I2
But Robin Hood shot it better than he	G
For he clove the good prick wand	J2
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'God's blessing on thy heart ' says Guy	C2
'Good fellow thy shooting is good	C
For an thy heart be as good as thy hands	A
Thou were better than Robin Hood	C
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'Tell me thy name good fellow ' quoth Guy	C2
Under the leaves of lyne	E
'Nay by my faith ' quoth good Robin	E
'Till thou have told me thine '	-
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'I dwell by dale and down ' quoth Guy	C2
'And I have done many a curst turn	E
And he that calls me by my right name	K2
Calls me Guy of good Gisborne '	-
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'My dwelling is in the wood ' says Robin	E
'By thee I set right nought	C
My name is Robin Hood of Barnesdale	D
A fellow thou hast long sought '	-
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He that had neither been kith nor kin	E
Might have seen a full fair sight	C
To see how together these yeomen went	C
With blades both brown and bright	C
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To have seen how these yeomen together fought	C
Two hours of a summer's day	C
It was neither Guy nor Robin Hood	C
That fettled them to fly away	C
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Robin was reckless on a root	C
And stumbled at that tide	C
And Guy was quick and nimble withal	D
And hit him o'er the left side	C
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'Ah dear Lady ' said Robin Hood	C
'Thou art both mother and may	C
I think it was never man's destiny	G
To die before his day '	-
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Robin thought on Our Lady dear	F2
And soon leapt up again	E
And thus he came with an awkward stroke	L2
Good Sir Guy he has slain	E
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He took Sir Guy's head by the hair	I
And sticked it on his bow's end	C
'Thou hast been traitor all thy life	M2
Which thing must have an end '	-
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Robin pulled forth an Irish knife	M2
And nicked Sir Guy in the face	A
That he was never on a woman born	E
Could tell who Sir Guy was	A
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Says 'Lie there lie there good Sir Guy	C2
And with me be not wroth	D
If thou have had the worse strokes at my hand	C
Thou shalt have the better cloth '	-
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Robin did off his gown of green	E
Sir Guy he did it throw	D
And he put on that capul hide	C
That clad him top to toe	D
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'The bow the arrows and little horn	E
And with me now I'll bear	I
For now I will go to Barn sdale	D
To see how my men do fare '	-
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Robin set Guy's horn to his mouth	D
A loud blast in it he did blow	D
That beheard the sheriff of Nottingham	N2
As he leaned under a low	D
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'Hearken hearken ' said the sheriff	H2
'I heard no tidings but good	C
For yonder I hear Sir Guy's horn blow	D
For he hath slain Robin Hood '	-
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'For yonder I hear Sir Guy's horn blow	D
It blows so well in tide	C
For yonder comes that wighty yeoman	E
Clad in his capul hide	C
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'Come hither thou good Sir Guy	C2
Ask of me what thou wilt have'	H2
'I'll none of thy gold ' says Robin Hood	C
'Nor I'll none of it have '	-
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'But now I have slain the master ' he said	C
'Let me go strike the knave	H2
This is all the reward I ask	O2
Nor no other will I have '	-
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'Thou art a madman ' said the sheriff	H2
'Thou shouldest have had a knight's fee	H2
Seeing thy asking hath been so bad	C
Well granted it shall be '	-
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But Little John heard his master speak	R
Well he knew that was his steven	E
'Now shall I be loosed ' quoth Little John	E
'With Christ's might in heaven '	-
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But Robin he hied him towards Little John	E
He thought he would loose him belive	H2
The sheriff and all his company	H2
Fast after him did drive	H2
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'Stand aback stand aback ' said Robin	E
'Why draw you me so near	F2
It was never the use in our country	H2
One's shrift another should hear '	-
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But Robin pulled forth an Irish knife	H2
And loosed John hand and foot	C
And gave him Sir Guy's bow in his hand	C
And bade it be his boot	C
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But John took Guy's bow in his hand	C
His arrows were rawsty by the root	C
The sheriff saw Little John draw a bow	S
And fettle him to shoot	C
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Towards his house in Nottingham	N2
He fled full fast away	C
And so did all his company	H2
Not one behind did stay	C
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But he could neither so fast go	D
Nor away so fast run	E
But Little John with an arrow broad	C
Did cleave his heart in twain	E