He tooke, he tooke him up a,
All by the lilly-white hand,
And set him on his feet,
And bad him stand, hey ho.20
He gave to him a benbow,
Made all of a trusty tree,
And arrowes in his hand,
And bad him let them flee.
And shoote was that, that a did a,25
Some say he shot a mile,
But halfe a mile and more
Was it, was it, hey ho.
And at the halfe miles end [a,]
There stood an armed man;30
The childe he shot him through,
And through and through, hey ho.
His beard was all on a white a,
As white as whaleis bone,
His eyes they were as cleare35
As christall stone, hey ho.
And there of him they made [a]
Good yeoman Robin Hood,
Scarlet, and Little John,
And Little John, hey ho.40
IN SHERWOOD LIVDE STOUT ROBIN HOOD.
Gutch's Robin Hood, ii. 393.