Robin Hood Ballads

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    ‘Lay me a green sod under my head,
    And another at my feet;
    And lay my bent bow at my side,
    Which was my music sweet;
    And make my grave of gravel and green,
    Which is most right and meet.
    —Unknown. Robin Hood’s Death (l. 65–70)

    But who would rush at a benighted man,
    And give him two black eyes for being blind?
    —Thomas Hood (1799–1845)

    Saint Andrews crosse, that is his guide;
    —Unknown. Sir Andrew Barton. . .

    English and Scottish Ballads (The Poetry Bookshelf)