That cannot be, thou bold beggàr,
Their fact it is so clear ;
I tell to thee, they hanged must be,
For stealing of our king’s deer. {279}
But when to the gallows they did come,
There was many a weeping eye :
O, hold your peace, said Robin Hood then,
For certain ‘they shall’ not dye.
Then Robin he set his horn to his mouth,
And he blew out blastes three,