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remember me, it is a gallant song; so out with it, good fel-
low.’
Thereupon, clearing his throat, the Tanner, without more
ado, began to sing:

THE WOOING OF SIR KEITH
‘King Arthur sat in his royal hall,
And about on either hand
Was many a noble lordling tall,
The greatest in the land.

‘Sat Lancelot with raven locks,
Gawaine with golden hair,
Sir Tristram, Kay who kept the locks,
And many another there.

‘And through the stained windows bright,
From o’er the red-tiled eaves,
The sunlight blazed with colored light
On golden helms and greaves.

‘But suddenly a silence came
About the Table Round,
For up the hall there walked a dame
Bent nigh unto the ground.

‘Her nose was hooked, her eyes were bleared,
Her locks were lank and white;

1 The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood