Says, ‘Lie there, lie there, Red Roger,
The dogs they must thee eat;
For I may have my housel,’ he said,
‘For I may both go and speak.
23.
23.1 ‘give me mood’: Child suggests ‘give me my God,’ i.e. the consecrated Host. He admits it is a bold emendation, but cites some striking parallels in support of it.
‘Now give me mood,’ Robin said to Little John,
‘Give me mood with thy hand;
I trust to God in heaven so high
My housel will me bestand.’