[By Lands-dale hey ho, by mery Lands-dale]
[1]
By Lands-dale hey ho, by mery Lands-dale,
there dwelt a iolly miller,
and a very good old man was he, hey ho,
he had, he had and a sonne a,
2
He had, he had and a sonne a,
men called him Renold,
and mickle of his might was he, was he, hey ho.
3
And from his father a wode a,
his fortune for to seeke,
from mery Landsdale wode he, wode he, hey ho.
4
His father would him seeke a,
and found him fast a sleepe.
among the leaues greene was he, was he, hey ho.
5
He tooke, he tooke him vp a,
all by the lilly white hand,
and set him on his feet, and bad him stand, hey ho.
6
He gaue to him a benbow,
made all of a trusty tree,
and Arrowes in his hand and bad him let them flee.
7
And shoote was that that a did a,
some say he shot a mile,
but halfe a mile and more was it was it, hey ho.
8
And at the halfe miles end,
there stood an armed man,
this childe he shot him through, and through, and through, hey hoy.
9
His beard was all on a white a,
as white as Whale is bone,
his eyes they were as cleare, as Christall stone, hey ho.
10
And there of him they made
good yeoman Robin hood,
Scarlet, and little Iohn, and little Iohn, hey ho.
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Poem 5 is an alternative musical rendition of Poem 4 and has been omitted.
