WHO MADE MARIAN…?

 

In old Nottingham

    Shire in days of yore

There comes a tale

    Of old folk lore

A tale of outlaws

    And an evil prince

A well-known story

    Told often since

About outlaws living

    In the Greenwood

Who were ably led

    By Robbie the Hood

With Little Johnson

    And Friar Touch

William Scarletti

    And young Mad Much

Also Alan Airedale

   The minstrel man

And Robbie’s girl

    The fair Marian

The foe against whom

    Their wits were pitted

Was the evil Prince

    John the half-witted

The prince’s allies were

    Jonathon Starless

And the odious villain

    William the Friendless

A classic story of

    Right against might

But what was it

    That started the fight

According to legend

   This was the cause

While big king dick

   Was away at the wars

Killing foreigners and

   That kind of thing

Prince john had his eye

   On becoming the king

The truth to tell

   Is simpler than that

What started the fight

   Was gossip and chat

The question was

   Was her virtue laid?

And is Maid Marian 

    Any longer a maid