ROBIN HOOD AND GUY OF GUSBORNE

Sung by a Mr. C. A. Wilson, a man about 65 years
old, who lives near Marion, McDowell County, N. C. 

Old Robin Hood was a bold--bold man
In the green forest, he had a great clan
And the way he killed men
It was a sin to the land.

With his great bow he slew many a deer
And when the people caught sight of him
They shook with fear
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One day so they say a stranger pass that way,
And to Bold Robin chanced to say,
"I'm in search of an out-law bold
Who has committed many murders so I'm told.

And if chance to find, this out-law shall be mine.
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After they had gone quite a way on that fine day
The stranger to Robin did boldly say
"Pray ye good fellow tell me they name
Forsuch a guide as you deservesfame.

And it was then that he learned 
That his guide was the outlaw bold
Who had committed the murders
Of which he had been told.

And it was there that this stranger of old
Was slain by the out-law bold
Who lived in the merry green wood of old.