Cardinal gold and
Cardinal scarlet--
Ruling through the Papal throne.
Heavy taxes,
Heavy duties
Make the toiling peasant moan.

Greenwood longbow,
Greenwood Lincoln
Steal from rich and give to poor.
Each stag taken,
Each adventure
Builds the outlaws' swagger more.

Rich in laughter,
Rich in freedom,
Nephews chased through Sherwood's shade.
Bound in hemp cord,
Bound in fetters,
Laughter choked in hangman's grave.

Flashing glory,
Flashing sliver,
Both are quickly spent and gone.
Lying dreams and
Lying leader--
Bane of nephews: outlaw spawn.

Theft above nor
Theft below can
Stand upon Last Judgement Day.
Render God's and
Render Caesar's--
Royal sword holds order's way.

Mist of forest,
Mist of fever.
Seeking leech, you leave your bower.
Safe from Sheriff,
Safe from lawmen,
Come into my Abbey tower.

Nephews snared and
Nephews lied to,
You shall have your vengeance now.
Aid he seeks for,
Aid from fever.
Medic's knife is mine, I trow.

Wrapped in linen,
Wrapped in bedsheets.
Bleed the arm to purge all ill.
Open vein and
Open casket.
Closed and locked are door and sill.

Silver trumpet,
Silver silence.
No more breath upon your bed.
Silence longbow,
Silence boasting.
Drop your foolish golden head.

Green the bolster,
Green the grave that
Covers crimson deeds of dead.
Rest you, highborn,
Rest you, lowly,
Under Royal Banner Red.