%ISOlat1; %ISOlat2; %ISOnum; %ISOpub; ]> Little John and the Four Beggers; Or, [A] Song of Robin Hood, and little John, shewing how little John went a Begging, and / [fought] with four Beggers, and what a prize he got of the four Beggers. University of California - Santa Barbara The Early Modern Center Director Patricia Fumerton 1681-1684 Early Modern Center, University of California Santa Barbara Santa Barbara, CA 04/10/2008 21950

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4.288v R187743 1 Robin Hood, &c. Robin Hood and the Stranger Robin Hood, etc. [?] delight to spend some time, / with a hey down down a down, with a hey down down a down, [line 2 of each stanza] hinged broadsheet with recto: Whipping TOM, / Or, The deceitful KINSMAN. / Maidens beware who you do trust, / For promises may fail, / And when you'r bound for to obey, / Your Prayers will not prevaile. unclear first lines: [?] delight to spend some time,/ [with a] [h]ey down down a down; unclear refrain: [with a] [h]ey down down a down, [line 2 of each stanza]. Pepys 4.288v Wing L2551[B]; Rollins (2) 1505 (Aug. 18, 1657, ii, 142, Wm. Gilbertson) 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. 4: 288v Little John and the Four Beggers; Or, [A] Song of Robin Hood, and little John, shewing how little John went a Begging, and / [fought] with four Beggers, and what a prize he got of the four Beggers. Little John and the Four Beggers; Or, A Song of Robin Hood, and little John, shewing how little John went a Begging, and [fought] with four Begger, and what a prize he got of the four Beggers. Little John and the Four Beggars; Or, a Song of Robin Hood, and Little John, Showing How Little John Went a-begging, and [Fought] with Four Beggars, and What a Prize He Got of the Four Beggars. 1/2 sheet oblong folio, hinged and folded, 220 x 262 cropped left, right and top edges, creased, damaged surface incl. Ms. black ink crossing out mark across text, uneven inking, verson shows through 1681-1684 Printed for J. Wright, J. Clarke, W. Thackeray, and T. Passenger. J. Wright, J. Clarke, W. Thackeray, T. Passinger Blagden

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[ALL delight] to spend some time, [?] hey down down a down, [?] to sing, [Unto me draw] near and you shall hear, [?] John went a begging: [As Robin Hood] walked the Forrest along. [?] etc. [And all his yeo]mandree, [Says Robin] one of you must a begging go, [And Little John] it must be thee. [Says John, if I] must a Begging go, [?] etc. [I will have a]almers weed, [With a staff and] a Coat, and bags of all sorts, [The better then] shall I speed. [Come n]ow a bag for my bread, [?] etc. [And another for] my Cheese, [And one for a pe]nny, when I get any, [That nothing] I may leese, [Now Little John] is a begging gone, [?] etc. [Seeking for som]e relief, [But of all the ] beggers he met on the way, [Little John he wa]s the chief.
But as he was walking himself alone, with a hey, etc. Four Beggers he chanced to spy, Some deaf and some blind, and some came behind, says John here's brave company. Good morrow, said John, my Children dear, with a hey, etc. Good fortune I had you to see, Which way do you go, pray let me know, for I want some company. O what is here to do, then said little John, with a hey, etc. Why rings all these Bells, said he, What Dog is a hanging, come let us be ganging, that we the truth may see. Here is no dog hanging, then one of them said, with a hey, etc. Good fellow we tell unto thee, But here is one dead will give us Cheese and bread, and it may be one single penny. We have brethren in London, another he said, with a hey, etc. So have we in the Country, In Barwick and Dover, and all the world over, but ne'r a crookt Carill like thee.
THerefore stand thee back, thou crooked carl, with a hey, etc. And take that knock on the crown: Nay, said little John, i'le not yet be gone, for a bout will I have with you round. Now have at you all, then said little John, with a hey, etc. If you be so full of your blows, Fight on all four, and never give o're, whether you be friends or foes. John nipped the dumb, and made him to roar, with a hey, etc. And the Blind that could not see, And he that a Cripple had been seven years, he made them run faster than he. And flinging them all against the wall, with a hey, etc. With many a sturdy bang, It made John sing, to hear the Gold ring, which against the wall cry'd twang. Then he got out of the Beggers Cloak, with a hey, etc. Three hundred pound in Gold; Good Fortune had I, then said little John, such a good sight to behold. But what found he in a Beggers Bag, with a hey, etc. But three hundred pound and three; If I drink water while this doth last, then an ill death may I dye.
And my begging trade I now [give o'er] with a hey, etc. My fortune it hath been so good Therefore I'le not stay, but I wi[ll away] to the Forrest of merry Sherwood But when to the Forrest of Sherwood [he came,] with a hey, etc. He quickly there did see, His Master good bold Robin Hood and all his company. What news? what news? then [said Robin Hood] with a hey, etc. Come little John tell unto me, How hast thou sped with the Beg[ger's trade] for that I fain would see. Now news but good, then said little [John] with a hey, etc. With begging full well I have [sped] Six hundred and three I have h[ere for thee] in silver and gold so red. Then Robin Hood took little [John by the hand] with a hey, etc. And danced about the Oak-Tree If we drink water while this [doth last] then an ill death may we dye. So to conclude my merry new S[ong] with a hey, etc. And you that delight to sing, 'Tis of Robin Hood that Arch[er good] and how little John went a [begging.]
Printed for J. Wright, J. Clarke, W. Thackeray, and T. Passenger.