As I came by a grene forest side

As I came by a grene forest side,
I met with a forster that badde me abide,
With ‘ Hey go bet, hey go bet, hey go howe!’

Underneath a tree I did me set,
And with a grete hert anone I met;
I badde let slippe, and said ‘ Hey go bet!’
With ‘ Hey go bet, hey go bet, howe!’

I had not stande there but a while,
For the mountenaunce of a mile,
There came a grete herte, without gile.
There he gothe, there he gothe, hey go howe!
We shall have sporte and game enowe!’

Talbot my hounde with a mery taste
All about the grene wode he gan cast.
I toke my horne and blew him a blast,
With ‘ Tro-ro-ro-ro, tro-ro-ro-ro!’
With ‘ Hey go bet, hey go bet, hey go howe!
There he gothe, there he gothe, hey go howe!
We shall have sport and game enowe!’