The Ballads and Songs of Yorkshire / Transcribed from Private Manuscripts, Rare Broadsides, and Scarce Publications; with Notes and a Glossary

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Or it shall breed thy paine."

Robin Hood took the fryer on his backe,

Deepe water he did bestride,

And spake neither good word nor bad,

'Till he came at the other side.

Lightly leapt the fryer off Robin Hood's backe,

Robin Hood said to him againe,

"Carry me over this water, thou curtall fryer,

Or it shall breede thy paine."