"Come, kill a ven'son," said bold Robin Hood,

"Come, kill me a good fat deer,

The bishop of Hereford is to dine with me to-day,

And he shall pay well for his cheer.

"We'll kill a fat ven'son," said bold Robin Hood,

"And dress it by the highway side;

And we will watch the bishop narrowly,

Lest some other way he should ride."

Robin Hood dress'd himself in shepherd's attire,

With six of his men also;