1

I herde a carpyng of a clerk,

Al at ȝone wodes ende,

Of gode Robyn and Gandeleyn;

Was þer non oþer þynge.

Robynn lyth in grene wode bowndyn

2

Stronge theuys wern þo chylderin non,

But bowmen gode and hende;

He wentyn to wode to getyn hem fleych,