He that had neither been a kith nor kin
Might have seen a full fair sight,
To see how together these yeomen went,
With blades both brown and bright.

To have seen how these yeomen together fought,
Two hours of a summer's day;
It was neither Guy nor Robin Hood
That was prepared to fly away.

Robin was careless on a root,
And stumbled at that tide,
And Guy was quick and nimble with-all,
And hit him over the left side.

"Ah, dear Lady!" said Robin Hood,
"Thou art both mother and maiden!
I think it was never mans destiny
To die before his day."

Robin thought on Our Lady dear,
And soon leapt up again,
And thus he came with a backward stroke;
Good Sir Guy he has slain.

He took Sir Guys head by the hair,
And sticked it on his bow's end:
"Thou hast been traitor all thy life,
Which thing must have an end."

Robin pulled forth an Irish knife,
And nicked Sir Guy in the face,
That he was never from a woman born
Could tell who Sir Guy was.

Lines 143-170 of Robin Hood and Guy of Gisborne