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

O there did he meet with a gay lady,

She came weeping along the highway. {366}

Why weep you, why weep you ? bold Robin he said,

What weep you for gold or fee ?

Or do you weep for your maidenhead,

That is taken from your body ?

I weep not for gold, the lady reply’d,

Neither do I weep for fee ;

Nor do I weep for my maidenhead,

That is taken from my body.