One boon, one boon, says jolly Robìn,

One boon I beg on my knee ;

That, as for the death of these three ’squires,

Their hangman I may be.

Soon granted, soon granted, says master sherìff,

Soon granted unto thee ;

And ‘thou shalt’ [349] have all their gay cloathìng,

Aye, and all their white monèy.

“O I will have none of their gay cloathìng,

Nor none of their white monèy,