Act III, scene 2 Locksley’s (Robin Hood’s) men sing this at the opening of a quiet scene between the fall of Torquilstone and the trial of Rebecca for witchcraft. Blue words appear only in the printed libretto, Chappell & Co., 1891.
Light foot upon the dancing green,
Light hand upon the bow,
With glancing eye and laughing mien
Adown the glade we go.
And marching sing like yeomen true,
“Our bows are made of English yew!”
Light foot upon the dancing green,
Light hand upon the bow,
A-down the glade we go.
Like merry birds our arrows fly,
A shadow from the sun,
And where they light the foemen die,
And so the battle’s won.
We march and sing beneath the blue,
“Our bows are made of English yew.;
