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Maid Marian.
"No money have we, good brother," said they:"Then," said he, "we three for money will pray;Singing, hey down, ho down, down, derry down:And whatever shall come at the end of our prayer,We three holy friars will piously share,All on the fallen leaves so brown."
"We will not pray with thee, good brother, God wot:For truly, good brother, thou pleasest us not,Singing hey down, ho down, down, derry down:"Then up they both started from Robin to run,But down on their knees Robin pulled them each one,All on the fallen leaves so brown.
The grey friars prayed with a doleful face,But bold Robin prayed with a right merry grace,Singing, hey down, ho down, down, derry down:And when they had prayed, their portmanteau he took,And from it a hundred good angels he shook,All on the fallen leaves so brown.
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