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R214637 1 Robin Hood and the Stranger, &c. Robin Hood and the Stranger Robin Hood and the Stranger, etc. COme Gentlemen all and listen a while, / with a hey down, down an a down, with a hey down, down an a down, [interlineated in stanza] Roxburghe Ballads Editor None None None None Information in this section of the Source Description refers to the original ballad manuscript. 1: 362 1: 363 Robin Hood and the Bishop: / SHEWING / How Robin Hood went to an Old Woman's House and changed Cloaths with / her to escape from the Bishop; and how he robbed him of all his Gold, and made him / sing Mass. Robin Hood and the Bishop: SHEWING How Robin Hood went to an Old Woman’s House and changed Cloaths with her to escape from the Bishop; and how he robbed him of all his Gold, and made him sing Mass. Robin Hood and the Bishop: showing How Robin Hood went to an Old Woman’s House and changed Cloths with her to escape from the Bishop; and how he robbed him of all his Gold, and made him sing Mass. Printer W.O. 1696-1696 W.O.

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COme Gentlemen all and listen a while, with a hey down, down an a down, And a Story Ill to you unfold; Ill tell to you how Robin Hood served the Bishop, when he robbd him of his Gold:As it fell out of a Sun-shininy day, with a hey, etc. When Phebus was in her prime, b[o]ld Robin Hood, that Archer good, In Mirth would spend some time: And as he walked the Forrest along, with hey, etc. Some pastime for to spy, there was aware of a proud Bishop, And all his Company. O what shall I do, said Robin Hood then, with a hey, etc. If the Bishop he doth take me, no mercy hell shew unto me I know, But hanged shall I be. When Robin was stout, and turnd him about, with a hey, etc. And a little House there did he spy, and to an old Wife, to save his Life, He aloud began to cry.
Why, who art thou? said the old Woman, with a hey, etc. Come tell it to me for good? I am an Outlaw, as many do know, My name it is Robin Hood. And yonders the Bishop and all his Men, with a hey, etc. And if that I taken be, then day and night hell work my spight, And hanged shall I be. If thou be Robin Hood, then said the old Woman, with a hey, etc. As thou dost seem to be, Ill for thee provide, and thee I will hide, From the Bishop and his Company. For I remember one Saturday night, with a hey, etc. Thou brought me both shooes and hose, therefore Ill provide, thy Person to hide, And keep thee from thy Foes. Then give me soon thy Coat of Grey, with a hey, etc. And take thou the Mantle of Green, thy Spindle and Twine, unto me resign, And take thou my Arrows so keen.
And when that Robin Hood was thus arrayd, with a hey, etc. He went streight to his Company, with his Spindle and Twine, he oft lookt behind. For the Bishop and his Company. O who is yonder, quoth little John, with a hey, etc. That now comes over the Lee? an arrow at her I will let fly, So like and old Witch looks she. O hold thy hand, hold thy hand, said Robin then, with a hey, etc. And shoot not thy arrows so keen, I am Robin Hood, thy Master good, And quickly it shall be seen. The Bishop he came to the old Womans house, with a hey, etc. And he called with furious mood, Come let me soon see, and bring unto me That Traytor Robin Hood. The old Woman he set on a milk-white Steed, with a hey, etc. Himself on a dapple Grey, and for joy he had got Robin Hood, He went laughing all the way. But as they were riding the Forrest along, with a hey, etc. The Bishop he chancd for to see, a hundred brave Bowmen bold, Stand under the green-Wood tree. O who his yonder, the Bishop then said, with a hey, etc. Thats ranging within yonder Wood? marry, says the old Woman, I think it to be [?] Man called Robin Hood.
Why, who art thou, the Bishop he said, with a hey, etc. Which I have here with me? Why I am a Woman, thou cuckoldly Bishop, Lift up my Leg and see. Then woe is me, the Bishop he said, with a hey, etc. That ever I saw this day; he turnd him about, but Robin Hood so stood, Calld to him and bid him stay. Then Robin took hold of the Bishops horse, with a hey, etc. And tyd him fast to a tree, then little John smilld his Master upon, For joy of this Company. Robin Hood took his Mantle froms back, with a hey, etc. And spread it upon the ground, and out of the Bishops Portmantle he Soon told five hundred pound. Now let him go, said Robin Hood, with a hey, etc. Said little John, That may not be, for I vow and protest he shall sing us a Mass, Before that he go from me. Then Robin Hood took the Bishop by th hand, with a hey, etc. And bound him fast to a tree, and made him sing a Mass God-wot, To him and his Yeomandry. And when they brought him through the Wood, with a hey down, down an a down And set him on his dapple Grey, and gave the tail within his hand, And bad him for Robin Hood pray.
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