Cloath’d in a rich mantle of green ;
And likewise the rest were gloriously drest,
A delicate sight to be seen !
Lo ! these are my yeomen, said bold Robin Hood,
And thou shalt be one of the train :
A mantle and bow, and quiver also,
I give them whom I entertain.
The forester willingly enter’d the list,
They were such a beautiful sight ;
Then with a long bow they shot a fat doe,