. Library of the world's best literature, ancient and modern. d alliterative phrases. A few lines have beenlost between stanzas 2 and 3. Gisborne is a «market-town in the West Rid-ing of the County of York, on the borders of Lancashire. For the probabletune of the ballad, see Chappells ii. 397. ^ Woods, groves. — This touch of description at the outset is common inour old ballads, as well as in the mediasval German popular lyric, and mayperhaps spring from the old «summer-lays and chorus of pagan times. * Beautiful; German, schon. * Coppices or openings in a wood. ^ In some glossaries the wood
. Library of the world's best literature, ancient and modern. d alliterative phrases. A few lines have beenlost between stanzas 2 and 3. Gisborne is a «market-town in the West Rid-ing of the County of York, on the borders of Lancashire. For the probabletune of the ballad, see Chappells ii. 397. ^ Woods, groves. — This touch of description at the outset is common inour old ballads, as well as in the mediasval German popular lyric, and mayperhaps spring from the old «summer-lays and chorus of pagan times. * Beautiful; German, schon. * Coppices or openings in a wood. ^ In some glossaries the woodpecker, but here of course a song-bird, — per-haps, as Chappell suggests, the woodlark.^A, on; /jfie, lime or linden. Sturdy, brave. * Robin now tells of a dream in which «they (=the two « wight yeomen,who are Guy and, as Professor Child suggests, the Sheriff of Nottingham)maltreat him; and he thus foresees trouble «from two quarters. 9 Revenged. ^° Dreams. Tautological phrase,— «prepare and make Konrx noon THE BALLAD 6. They cast on their gowne of greene, A shooting gone are they,Until they came to the merry greenwood, Where they had gladdest bee;There were they ware of a wight yeoman, His body leaned to a tree. 7. A sword and a dagger he wore by his side. Had beene many a mans bane,^And he was cladd in his capull-hyde,^Topp, and tayle, and mayne. 8. « Stand you still, master,» quoth Litle John, Under this trusty I will goe to yond wight know his meaning trulye.** 9. A, John, by me thou setts noe store, And thats a farley^ thinge; How offt send I my men before. And tarry myselfe behinde ? 10. It is noe cunning a knave to ken, And a man but heare him speake;And it were not for bursting of my bowe,John, I wold thy head breake. 11. But often words they breeden bale. That parted Robin and John;John is gone to Barnesdale, The gates* he knowes eche one. 12. And when hee came to Barnesdale, Great heavinesse there hee hadd;He found two of his
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