Lyrics

[Verse 1] Willie's large o limb and lith And come o high degree And he is gane to the Earl Richard To serve for meat and fee [Verse 2] Richard had but a daughter As fair as a lily flower And they made up their love contract Like proper paramour [Verse 3] It fell upon a summer's night When the leaves were fair and green That Willie met his true love Intil the wood alane [Verse 4] Narrow is my gown, Willie Was won't to be sae wide And gane is a' my fair colour That's won't to be my pride [Verse 5] But gin my father should get word What's past between us twa 'Forе that he should eat or drink He'd hang yе o'er the wa [Verse 6] But ye'll come to my bower, Willie Just as the sun gaes down Keep me in your arms twa And latna me fa down [Verse 7] When the sun was now gane down He's taen him till her bower And there, by the lee licht o the moon Her window she lookit oer [Verse 8] Intill a robe o red scarlet She lap, fearless o harm Willie was large o lith and limb And keepit her in his arms [Verse 9] They've gane to the good green wood And ere the night was deen She's born to him a bonny young son Among the leaves sae green [Verse 10] When night was done and day was come The sun began to peep Up and raise the Earl Richard Out o his drowsy sleep [Verse 11] He's called upon his merry young men By ane, by twa, by three Saying "What's come o my daughter dear? She has nae come to me" [Verse 12] "I dreamt a dreary dream last night God grant it come to good I dreamt I saw my daughter dear Drown in the salt sea flood" [Verse 13] "But gin my daughter be dead or sick Or yet be stown awa Ill make a vow, and I'll keep it true I'll hang ye ane and all [Verse 14] They sought her back, they sought her fore They sought her up and down They got her in the good green wood Nursing her bonny young son [Verse 15] He took the bonny boy in his arms And kissed him tenderly Said, "Though I would your father hang Your mother's dear to me" [Verse 16] He's kissed him o'er and o'er again: "My grandson I thee claim Robin Hood in good green wood That shall be your name" [Verse 17] Mony ane sings o grass, o grass And mony ane sings o corn And mony ane sings o Robin Hood Kens little where he was born [Verse 18] It was nay in the ha, the ha Nor in the painted bower But it was in the good green wood Amang the lily-flower