10. The cock he hadna craw'd but once, And clappd his wings at a', When the youngest to the eldest said, "Brother, we must awa. II. "The cock doth craw, the day doth daw, The channerin1 worm doth chide; 12. "Fare ye weel, my mother dear! Fareweel to barn and byre!3 3. "Me thought they did mee beate and binde, And tooke my bowe mee froe; 4. "Sweavens11 are swift, master," quoth John, As the wind that blowes ore a hill; Ffor if itt be never soe lowde this night, To-morrow it may be still." 5. “Buske12 yee, bowne13 yee, my merry men all, Ffor John shall goe with mee; 3 stable. copses. 11 dreams. 14 they. 22. How these two yeomen together they 30. The first good shoot that Robin ledd, mett, Did not shoote an inch the pricke ffroe; Guy was an archer good enoughe, But he cold neere shoote soe. 31. The second shoote Sir Guy shott, He shott within the garlande; But Robin Hoode shott it better than hee, For he clove the good prickewande. 4 dealing. |