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Robin Hood Rescuing Three Squires, in which Robin Hood rescues three squires

from Old Boots And Weasels - Seven Deleted Tracks by Paul Carbuncle

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Bold Robin Hood ranging the forest all round
In the merry month of May,
And there he did an old woman meet
Come weeping along the way.

‘O why weepest thou?’ bold Robin did say,
‘Dost thou weep for gold or fee?
Or dost thou weep for thy maidenhead
That’s gone many years from thee?’.

‘I weep not for gold,’ the woman replied,
‘Neither do I weep for fee,
Nor do I weep for my maidenhead
That’s gone many years from me.’

‘Then why weepest thou? Pray tell unto me,
Pray tell me the reason why.’
‘O I do weep for my three sons
For they are condemned to die.’

‘What church have they robbed?’ said bold Robin Hood,
‘Or parish priest have they slain?
What maids have they forced against their will
Or with other men’s wives have lain?’

‘No church have they robbed,’ the woman replied,
‘Nor parish priest have they slain.
No maids have they forced against their will
Nor with other men’s wives have lain.’

‘Then what have they done?’ said bold Robin Hood,
‘I prithee come tell unto me!’
‘O they killed sixteen of the king’s fallow deer
And today shall be hanged all three.’

‘Get thee home, get thee home!’ says jolly Robin Hood,
‘Get thee home most speedily,
And I shall unto fair Nottingham town
For the sake of the squires all three.’

Then bold Robin Hood for Nottingham goes,
For Nottingham town goes he,
And there he did meet with a poor beggar-man
Come creeping along the way.

‘What news, what news, thou poor beggar-man?
What news? Pray tell unto me.’
‘O there’s weeping and wailing in Nottingham town
For the fate of the squires all three.’

‘Come change thy apparel with me, old man,
Come change thy apparel with mine,
And here’s forty shillings for thy purse
To spend at good ale and wine.’

Then he put on the old man’s coat,
’Twas patched black, blue and red,
But he thought it no shame, all the day long,
To be in a beggar-man’s stead.

Then Bold Robin Hood into Nottingham comes,
Into Nottingham town comes he,
And there he did the proud Sheriff meet
And likewise the squires all three.

‘One boon, one boon!’ cries jolly Robin Hood,
‘One boon I do beg on my knee,
That as for the deaths of these three squires
Their hangman I may be.’

‘Soon granted, soon granted!’ the proud Sheriff says,
‘Soon granted unto thee,
And thou shalt have their white money and suits
Today as a hangman’s fee.’

‘O I will have none of their suits,’ says he,
‘Nor none of their white money,
But I’ll have three blasts on my bugle-horn
That their souls to heaven may flee.’

Then he gave three blasts on his bugle-horn,
Well he blew both loud and shrill,
And a hundred and ten of bold Robin Hood’s men
Come marching all down the green hill.

‘O whose men are these?’ the proud Sheriff cries,
‘Whose men are they? Tell unto me!’
‘They are my men,’ says jolly Robin Hood,
‘And they’ve come for the squires all three’.

‘Then take them, o take them!’ the proud Sheriff says,
‘Take them away!’ cries he,
‘For there’s never a man in all Nottingham town
Can do the likes of thee.’

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from Old Boots And Weasels - Seven Deleted Tracks, released August 30, 2020
Traditional song, arranged by Paul Carbuncle.

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