Lord ! he was grieved sore ;

And to his merry men he did say,

(Who altogether swore),

That Will Stutly should rescued be,

And be brought ‘back’ again ;

Or else should many a gallant wight

For his sake there be slain.

He cloathed himself in scarlet ‘red,’

His men were all in green ;

A finer shew, throughout the world,