human
Why weep you, why weep you? bold Robin he said, 5
gpt
What, weep you for gold or fee? Or do you weep for your maidenhead, That is taken from your body?
human
I weep not for gold, the lady reply'd,
gpt
Neither do I weep for fee; 10 Nor do I weep for my maidenhead, That is taken from my body.
human
What weep you for then? said jolly Robìn,
gpt
I prithee come tell unto me;
human
Oh! I do weep for my three sons, 15 For they are all condemned to die.
gpt
What church have they robbed? said jolly Robìn,
human
Or parish-priest have they slain? What maids have they forced against their will? Or with other mens wives have lain?
gpt
No church have they robbed, this lady reply'd,
human
Nor parish-priest have they slain; No maids have they forced against their will, Nor with other mens wives have lain.
gpt
What have they done then? said jolly Robìn, 25
human
Come tell me most speedily:
gpt
Oh! it is for killing the kings fallow deer, That they are all condemned to die.
human
Get you home, get you home, said jolly Robìn,
gpt
Get you home most speedily, 30 And I will unto fair Nottingham go, For the sake of the squires all three.