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

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"You are brave fellows!" said the bishop,

"And the king of your doings shall know;

Therefore make haste, and come along with me,

For before the king you shall go."

"O pardon, O pardon," said bold Robin Hood,

"O pardon, I thee pray;

For it becomes not your lordship's coat

To take so many lives away."

"No pardon, no pardon," said the bishop,

"No pardon I thee owe,