- I've no money the young man said
- Just five
shillings and a ring
- That I have kept for seven years
- Saved up for my
wedding.
- I should be wed to a fair maid
- Alas she has been
taken,
- She's
chosen as some knight's delight
- Now my heart is
broken.
- What is your name asked Robin Hood.
- Tell me without any fail
- By my good faith, said the young man
- I'm known as Alan a Dale.
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- So Robin hasted the plain
- With no stint nor
any dawdling,
- Till he'd
arrived inside this church
- Where there is this
wedding.
Why are you here? the bishop asked,
- I prithee that you tell to me.
- Robin said I'm a bold harper,
- The best in this
county.
- Into the church came a rich knight
- Who looked grave and far too old.
- Following him this fine young lass
- Shining like
glist'ning gold.
-
- So Robin said it's no fit match,
- And on his horn he blew blasts three.
- Where
Robin's bowmen with Alan
- Came in from o'er the lea.
- Robin said: Lass, here's your true love,
- Young
Alan a Dale, I hear say,
- You two shall be wed at this time,
- Fore we go on our way.
- Who is to give this maid away?
- Robin he said that do I.
- Whoever takes her from Alan,
- Full
dearly he'll have to buy.
-
- So ended this merry wedding,
- The bride she looked like a queen
- They all returned to the greenwood
- Among the leaves so
green-o.
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