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And Scarlet cloth bring his good yew-bough and string,Prime minister is he of Robin our king:No mark is too narrow for little John's arrow,That hits a cock sparrow a mile on the wing;Robin and Marion, Scarlet, and Little John,Long with their glory old Sherwood shall ring.
Each a good liver, for well-feathered quiverDoth furnish brawn, venison, and fowl of the river:But the best game we dish up, it is a fat bishop:When his angels we fish up, he proves a free giver:For a prelate so lowly has angels more holy,And should this world's false angels to sinners deliver.
Robin and Marion, Scarlet and Little John,Drink to them one by one, drink as ye sing:Robin and Marion, Scarlet and Little John,Echo to echo through Sherwood shall fling:Robin and Marion, Scarlet and Little John,Long with their glory old Sherwood shall ring.
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