Childe Rowland took it and was about to eat.
All at once he thought of what the wise man had said.
So he threw the bowl down upon the floor, and said:
"Not a bit will I bite,
Not a drop will I drink,
Till Ellen is free."
Then they heard a great noise outside, and some one cried out:
"Fee-fi-fo-fum!
I smell the blood
Of an Englishman!"
The door of the hall flew open and the king of the elves came in.
Childe Rowland took his sword.
They fought and they fought.
At last Childe Rowland beat the king of the elves down to the ground.