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008 - Robin Hood And Allen-a-dale · Story of Robin Hood

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  Speaker 1: Chapter eight of the Story of robin Hood. This is
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  Speaker 1: Recording by Nemo The Story of robin Hood by Bertha
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  Speaker 1: Evangeline Bush. Robin Hood and allen adele come listen to me,
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  Speaker 1: you gallant, so free, all you that love mirth, for
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  Speaker 1: to hear, and I will tell you of a bold
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  Speaker 1: outlaw that lived in Nottinghamshire. As robin Hood in the
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  Speaker 1: forest stood all under the greenwood tree, there he was
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  Speaker 1: aware of a brave young man, as fine as fine
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  Speaker 1: might be. The youngster was clad in scarlet, red in scarlet,
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  Speaker 1: fine and gay, and heated frisket over the plain, enchaunted
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  Speaker 1: a round delay as robin Hood next morning stood amongst
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  Speaker 1: the leaves, so gay there did he a spy. The
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  Speaker 1: same young man come drooping along the way. The scarlet
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  Speaker 1: he wore the day before it was clean cast away,
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  Speaker 1: and at every step he fetched a sigh alas and
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  Speaker 1: well a day. Then step forth brave little John and Midge,
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  Speaker 1: the miller's son, which made the young man bend his
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  Speaker 1: bow when he saw them come stand off, stand off,
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  Speaker 1: the young man said, what is your will with me?
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  Speaker 1: You must come before our master straight under young greenwood tree.
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  Speaker 1: And when he came, bowled Robin before Robin asked him courteously, Oh,
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  Speaker 1: hast thou any money to spare for my merry men
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  Speaker 1: and me? I have no money, the young man said,
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  Speaker 1: but five shillings and a ring, and that I have
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  Speaker 1: kept the seven long years to have At my wedding yesterday,
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  Speaker 1: I should have married a maid, but she was from
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  Speaker 1: me tain and chosen to be an old knight's delight,
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  Speaker 1: whereby my poor heart is slain. What is thy name,
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  Speaker 1: then said Robin Hood. Come tell me without any fail
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  Speaker 1: by the faith of my body, then said the young
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  Speaker 1: man my name. It is allan a dale. What wilt
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  Speaker 1: thou give me, said Robin Hood, in ready gold or
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  Speaker 1: fee to help thee to thy true love again and
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  Speaker 1: deliver her unto thee. I have no money than quoth
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  Speaker 1: the young man, in ready gold nor fee, But I
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  Speaker 1: will swear upon a book, thy true servant, for to
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  Speaker 1: be how many miles is it to thy true love?
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  Speaker 1: Come tell me without guile, by the faith of my body,
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  Speaker 1: then said the young man. It is but five little mile.
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  Speaker 1: Then Robin he hasted over the plain. He did neither
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  Speaker 1: stint nor lynn until he came unto the church where
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  Speaker 1: Allan should keep his weddin. What dost thou hear? The
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  Speaker 1: bishop then said, I prithee, Now tell unto me. I
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  Speaker 1: am a bold harper, quoth Robin Hood, and the best
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  Speaker 1: in the north country. Oh welcome, O, welcome the bishop.
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  Speaker 1: He said that music best pleaseth me. You shall have
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  Speaker 1: no music, said Robin Hood. Till the bride and bridegroom
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  Speaker 1: I see with that came in a wealthy knight, which
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  Speaker 1: was both grave and old, and after him a finnchan
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  Speaker 1: lass did shine like the glistering gold. This is not
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  Speaker 1: a fit match, quoth Robin Hood, that you do seem
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  Speaker 1: to make here. For since we are come into the church,
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  Speaker 1: the bride shall choose her own deer. Then Robin Hood
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  Speaker 1: put his horn to his mouth and blew blast two
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  Speaker 1: or three. When four and twenty yeomen bold came leaping
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  Speaker 1: over the lee. And when they came into the church yard,
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  Speaker 1: marching all in a row, the first man was Allan
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  Speaker 1: Adale to give Bold Robin his bow. This is thy
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  Speaker 1: true love, Robin, he said, young Allan, as I hear say,
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  Speaker 1: and you shall be married this same time before we
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  Speaker 1: deep heart away. That shall not be The bishop cried,
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  Speaker 1: for thy word shall not stand. They shall be three
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  Speaker 1: times asked in the church, as the law is of
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  Speaker 1: our land. Robin Hood pulled off the bishop's coat and
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  Speaker 1: put it upon little John. By the faith of my body,
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  Speaker 1: then Robin said, this cloth doth make thee a man.
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  Speaker 1: When Little John went into the choir, the people began
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  Speaker 1: to laugh. He asked them seven times into church, lest
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  Speaker 1: three times should not be enough. Who gives me this maid?
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  Speaker 1: Said little John, quoth robin Hood, that do I, And
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  Speaker 1: he that takes her from allen Adale, full dearly he
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  Speaker 1: shall buy. And then, having ended this merry wedding, the
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  Speaker 1: bride looked like a queen. And so they returned to
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  Speaker 1: the merry greenwood amongst the leaves so green. Author unknown.
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  Speaker 1: End of chapter eight. End of the Story of robin
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  Speaker 1: Hood by Bertha Evangeline Bush