Robin Hood dress’d himself in shepherd’s attire,
With six of his men also ;
And, when the bishop of Hereford came by,
They about the fire did go.
O what is the matter ? then said the bishòp,
Or for whom do you make this a-do ?
Or why do you kill the king’s ven’son,
When your company is so few ?
We are shephèrds, said bold Robin Hood,
And we keep sheep all the year,