"I never hurt fair maid in all my time,
Nor at my end shall it be;
But give me my bent bow in my hand,
And a broad arrow I'll let flee;
And where this arrow is taken up,65
There shall my grave digg'd be.
["Lay me a green sod under my head,]
[And another at my feet;]
And lay my bent bow by my side,
Which was my music sweet;70
And make my grave of gravel and green,
Which is most right and meet.
"Let me have length and breadth enough,
[With under my head a green sod;]
That they may say, when I am dead,75
Here lies bold Robin Hood."
These words they readily promis'd him,
Which did bold Robin please:
And there they buried bold Robin Hood,
Near to the fair Kirklèys.80
[20]. Till I blood letted be.
[24]. You blood shall letted be.
[26], let, Ritson.
[34], get down.
[59], burnt. This stanza is omitted in one edition.