’Twas over the head, he fell down for dead,
O that was a terrible bang!
“But Robin he soon recovered himself,
And bravely fell to it again;
The very next stroke their weapons they broke,
Yet never a man there was slain.
“At quarter staff then they resolved to play,
Because they would have the other bout;
And brave Robin Hood right valiantly stood;
Unwilling he was to give out.