THE WEDDING OF ROBIN HOOD AND LITTLE JOHN.
From Kinloch's Ancient Scottish Ballads, p. 69.
The King has wedded an ill woman,
Into some foreign land;
His daughters twa, that stood in awe,
They bravely sat and sang.
Then in be-came their step-mother,5
Sae stately steppin' ben;
"O gin I live and bruik my life,
I'll gar ye change your tune."
"O we sang ne'er that sang, ladie,
But we will sing again;10
And ye ne'er boor that son, ladie,
We wad lay our love on.
"But we will cow our yellow locks,
A little abune our bree;
And we will on to gude green-wud,15
And serve for meat and fee.
"And we will kilt our gay claithing
A little below the knee;
And we will on the gude green-wud,
Gif Robin Hood we see.20
"And we will change our ain twa names,
When we gae frae the toun,—
The tane we will call Nicholas,
The tither Rogee Roun."