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2.102 R234301 1 Robin Hood and the Beggar Robin Hood and the Stranger Robin Hood and the Beggar COme all ye brave Gallants & listen a while,/ With a hey down, down, an a down, With a hey down, down, an a down, [line 2 of each stanza] author from Wing and Rollins Pepys 2.102 Wing R1657E; Rollins (2) 2312 (July 2, 1657, ii, 133, Nath. Ekins); Rollins (2) 2313 (July 16, 1657, ii, 137, Fran. Grove) Pepys Library The Pepys ballads : facsimile volume Editor W.G. Day D.S. Brewer Cambridge [England] 1987 Information in this section of the Source Description refers to the original ballad manuscript. 2: 102 Robin Hood and the Butcher. Robin Hood and the Butcher. Robin Hood and the Butcher. Robins, Thomas single sheet oblong folio, folded, 270 x 336 cropped top, bottom, and right edges, creased along fold and surface 1684-1686 Printed for I. Clarke, W. Thackeray, and T. Passinger J. Clarke, W. Thackeray, T. Passinger Blagden

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COme all ye brave Gallants & listen a while, With a hey down, down, an a down, that are in this Bower within, For of Robin Hood, that Archer good, a Song I intend to sing. Upon a time it chanced so, with a hey, etc. bold Robin in the Forrest did spy, A jolly Butcher, with a bonny fine Mare, with his Flesh to the Market did hye. Good morrow, good fellow, said jolly Robin, with a hey, etc. what food hast, tell unto me, And thy trade to me tell and where thou dost dwell, for I like well thy company. The Butcher he answered jolly Robin, with a hey, etc. no matter where I dwell, For a Butcher I am and to Nottingham I am going my flesh to sell. What's the price of thy flesh, said jolly Robin, with a hey, etc. come tell it soon unto me, And the price of thy Mare, be it never so dear, for a butcher fain would I be The price of my flesh, the butcher reply'd, with a hey, etc. I soon will tell unto thee, With my bonny mare, and they are not dear, four mark thou must give unto me. Four Mark I will give thee, said jolly Robin, with a hey, etc. four mark it will be thy fee, Thy money come count, and let me mount, for a Butcher I fain would be.
Now Robin he is to Nottingham gone, with a hey, etc. his Butchers Trade for to begin, With a good intent, to the Sheriff he went and there he took up his Inn. When other Butchers did open their meat with a hey, etc. bold Robin he then begun, But how for to sell, he knew not well, for a Butcher he was but young. When other Butchers no meat could sell, with a hey, etc. Robin got both Gold and fee, For he sold more meat for one penny, than others could do for three. But when he sold his meat so fast, with a hey, etc. no Butcher by him could thrive, For he sold more meat for one penny than others could do for five. Which made the Butchers of Nottingham with a hey, etc. to study as they did stand, Saying surely he was some Prodigal, that had sold his Fathers land. The Butchers they stepped to jolly Robin, with a hey, etc. acquainted with him for to be, Come brother, one said, we be all of a trade come will you go dine with me? Accurst of his heart, said jolly Robin, with a hey, etc. that a Butcher will deny; I will go with you, my brethren true, and as fast as I can hye.
BUt when to the Sheriffs house he came with a hey, etc. to dinner they hyed apace, And Robin he the man must be, before them all to say Grace. Pray God bless us all, said jolly Robin, with a hey, etc. and our meat within this place, A cup of sack so good, will nourish our blood, and so I end my grace. Come fill us more Wine, said jolly Bobin, with a hey, etc. let us be merry while we do stay; For wine and good cheer, be it never so dear I vow I the reckoning will pay, Come brothers be merry, said jolly Robin, with a hey, etc. let us drink and never give o're, For the shot I will pay e're I go my way, if it cost me five pound or more. This is a mad blade, the butchers then said with a hey, etc. says the Sheriff he is some Prodigal, That some Land has sold for silver and gold and now he doth mean to spend all. Hast any horn'd beasts the Sheriff then said with a hey, etc. good Fellow to sell unto me, Yes that I have, good Master Sheriff, I have hundreds two or three. A hundred Acres of good free Land, with a hey, etc. if you please it to see. And i'le make you as good assurance of it, as ever my Father made me. The Sheriff he sadled a good Palfrey, with a hey, etc. and with three hundred pound in Gold, Away he went with bold Robin Hood, his horned Beasts to behold.
Away then the Sheriff and Robin did ride, with a hey, etc. to the Forrest of merry Sherwood, Then the Sheriff did say, God bless us this day from a man they call Rob. Hood: But when that a little further they came, with a hey, etc. bold Robin he chanced to spy, A hundred head of good Red Deer, came tripping the Sheriff full nigh. How like you my horn'd beasts good Master Sheriff with a hey, etc. they be fat and fair for to see, I tell thee good fellow, I would I were gone for I like not thy company. Then Robin he set his horn to his mouth, with a hey, etc. and blew out blasts three, Then quickly anon, there came little John, and all his company. What is your will Master, said little John, with a hey, etc. I pray you come tell it to me, I have brought the Sheriff of Nottingham this day to dine with thee. He is welcome to me, said little John, with a hey, etc. I hope he will honestly pay, I know he has gold, were it but well told, will serve us to drink a whole day. Then Robin took his Mantle from his back, with a hey, etc. and laid it upon the ground, And out of the Sheriffs Portmantle, he told five hundred pound. Then Robin brought him through the wood, with a hey down, down an a down, and set him on his Dapple Gray, O have me comended to your wife at home so Robin went Laughing away.
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