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

Sayes John, If I must a begging go,

I will have a palmer’s weed,

With a staff and a coat, and bags of all sort,

The better then I may speed.

Come, give me now a bag for my bread,

And another for my cheese,

And one for a peny, when as I get any,

That nothing I may leese.

Now Little John he is a begging gone,

Seeking for some relief ;