Robin Hood / A collection of all the ancient poems, songs, and ballads, now extant, relative to that celebrated English outlaw. To which are prefixed historical anecdotes of his life.

by Unknown

What is [the] price of thy flesh ? said jolly Robìn,

Come tell it soon unto me ;

And the price of thy mare, be she never so dear,

For a butcher fain would I be.

The price of my flesh, the butcher repli’d,

I soon will tell unto thee ;

With my bonny mare, and they are not too dear,

Four mark thou must give unto me.

Four mark I will give me, saith jolly Robìn,

Four mark it shall be thy fee ;