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You are bold fellows, the Bishop, he said,
and of it you surely shall know;
Therefore make haste and come along with me,
for before the King you shall go.for, etc.
O pardon, O pardon, says bold Robin Hood,
O pardon me, I do pray,
For it does not become your Lordship's Grace,
for to take our sweet lives away, for, etc.
No pardon, no pardon, the Bishop said,
no pardon to you I owe:
Therefore make haste and come along with me,
for before the King you must go.for, etc.
Robin Hood put his back against an oak,
and his foot against a thorn,
And out from below his shepherd's cloak,
he pull'd a long bugle-horn.he, etc.
He put the small end to his mouth,
he blew a blast or twain,
Till threescore and ten of Robin's yeomen,
came all marching over the plain.came, etc.
Making obedience to bold Robin Hood,
and marching so merrily,
What is the matter, says Little John,
that you call so hastily?that you, etc.
Here is the brave Bishop of Hartford,
no pardon to us he will give;
We will cut off his head then, says Little John,
and we will throw him into his grave,etc.
O pardon, O pardon, the Bishop he cry'd,
O pardon me, I do pray,
For if I had known it had been you,
I would have rode some other way.etc.
