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T43129 1 In Summer time UNKNOWN In Summer Time IN Summer Time when Leaves grow green, / when they do grow both green and long, Roxburghe Ballads Editor None None None None Information in this section of the Source Description refers to the original ballad manuscript. 3: 524 3: 525 The Noble Fisherman: / Or, Robin Hood's Preferment. The Noble Fisherman: Or, Robin Hood’s Preferment. The Noble Fisherman: Or, Robin Hood’s Preferment. Printer L. How 1741-1741

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IN Summer Time, when Leaves grow green, when they do grow both green and long, Of a bold Outlaw calld Robin Hood, it is of him I sing this Song. When the Lilly leaf and the Cowslip sweet both bud and spring with merry Cheer, This Outlaw was weary of the Wood-side, and a chasing of the Kings Deer. The Fishermen brave more Money have, than any Merchant two or three; Therefore I will to Scarborough go,
That I a Fisherman may be. This outlaw calld his merry Men all, as they sat under the green wood Tree; If any of you have Gold to spend, I pray you heartily spend it with me. Now, quoth Robin Hood, Ill to Scarborough go, it seems to be a very fine day; Who took up his Inn at a widow womans house, hard by the waters gray; Who asked him, where wert thou born, or tell me where thou dost fare?
I am a poor Fisherman said he then, this day intrapped all in care. What is thy Name, thou fine fellow? I pray thee heartily tell to me. In mine own Country where I was born, men call me Simon over-the-lee. Simon, Simon, said the good wife, I wish thou mayst well brook thy Name: The Outlaw was ware of her courtesy, and rejoyced he had got such a Dame. Simon, wilt thou be my Man? and good round wages Ill give thee; I have as good a Ship of my own, as any that fails upon the sea: Anchors and planks thou shallt want none, Masts and Planks that are so long, And if that thou so furnish me, said Simon, nothing shall go wrong. They pluckt up Anchor, and away did sail, more of a day than two or three; When other cast in their baited Hooks, the bare Lines into the Sea cast he. It will be long, said the Master then, eer this great Lubber do thrive at Sea; He shall have no share of our fish, for in truth he is no part worthy. O woe is me, said Simon then, This day that ever I came here! I wish I were in Plumbton Park, chasing of the Fallow Deer. For every clown laughs me to scorn, and by me sets nothing at all; If I had them in Plumbton Park, I would set as little by them all. They pluckd up Anchors and away did sail, more of a Day than two or three; But Simon espyed! a ship of war, that saild towards them vigourously. O woe is me, said the Master then, this day that ever I was born; For all the fish that we have got is every bit lost and forlorn! For those French Robbers on the Sea, they will not spare of us one man, But carry us to the Coast of France,
and lay us in a Prison strong. But Simon said, do not fear them, neither, Master, take you care; Give me my bent Bow in my Hand, and never a Frenchman will I spare. Hold thy Peace, thou long Lubber, for thou art nought but brags and boast; If I should cast you over board, theres but a simple lubber lost. Simon grew angry at these words, and so angry then was he; Then he took his bent bow in his hand, and in the ship-hatch goeth he. Master, tye me to the mast, he said, that at my mark I may stand fair, And give me my bent bow in my hand, and never a Frenchman will I spare. He drew his Arrow to the Head, and drew with might and main; And straight, in the twinkling of an Eye, to the Frenchmans heart the Arrow gain. The Frenchman fell down on the ship hatch, and under the Hatches down below; Another Frenchman that him espyd. the dead Corpse into the Sea did throw. O Master, loose me from the Mast, he said, and never a Frenchman will I spare Then strait they boarded the French Ship, they lying all dead in their Sight; They found within the Ship of war twelve Thousand Pounds in Money bright. The one Half of the Ship, said Simon then, Ill give to my Dame and Children small; The other Half of my Ship Ill give to you that are my Fellows all. But now bespoke the Master then, for so, Simon, it shall not be, For you have won it with your own Hands, and the owner of it you must be. It shall be so as I have said, and with this Gold for the opprest, An Habitation I will build, where they shall live in peace and rest.
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