‘O fy! O fy!’ said Robin Hood,

‘O fy! O fy! that must not be,

For I’ve seen a man in greater strait

than to pay him and pedlars three.’

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‘Then try him, try him, master,’ he said,

‘O try him now, master,’ said he,

‘For by me sooth,’ said Little John,

‘master, ’tis neither you nor me.’

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