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

What weep you for then ? said jolly Robin,

I prithee come tell unto me.

“Oh ? I do weep for my three sons,

For they are all condemned to die.”

What church have they robbed ? said jolly Robìn,

Or parish-priest have they slain ?

What maids have they forced against their will ?

Or with other mens wives have lain ?

No church have they robbed, this lady reply’d,

Nor parish-priest have they slain ;