%ISOlat1; %ISOlat2; %ISOnum; %ISOpub; ]> Robin Hood's Progress to Nottingham, / Where he met with fifteen Forresters all on a row, / And with cross-grain'd Words they did him thwart, / And he desired of them some News to know ; / For which at last he made them for to smart. University of California - Santa Barbara The Early Modern Center Director Patricia Fumerton 1693-1693 Early Modern Center, University of California Santa Barbara Santa Barbara, CA 03/12/2012 31723

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R182814 1 Robin Hood, &c. Robin Hood and the Stranger Robin Hood, etc. R Obin Hood he was a tall youn Man, / And fifteen Winters old, derry, derry, down, Information in this section of the Source Description refers to the original ballad manuscript. 1: 306 Robin Hood's Progress to Nottingham, / Where he met with fifteen Forresters all on a row, / And with cross-grain'd Words they did him thwart, / And he desired of them some News to know ; / For which at last he made them for to smart. Robin Hood's Progress to Nottingham, Where he met with fifteen Forresters all on a row, And with cross-grain'd Words they did him thwart, And he desired of them some News to know ; For which at last he made them for to smart. Robin Hood's Progress to Nottingham, Where he met with fifteen Foresters all on a row, And with cross-grained Words they did him thwart, And he desired of them some News to know ; For which at last he made them for to smart. Printer W.O. 1693-1693 W.O. for A.M.

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RObin Hood he was a tall young Man, derry, derry, down, And fifteen Winters old, And Robin Hood he was a proper young Man, Of Courage stout and bold: hey down, derry, derry down. Robin Hood he would unto fair Nottingham, derry, etc. With the General for to dine; There was he aware of fifteen Forresters, And a drinking beer, ale, and wine: hey down, etc. What news, what news? said Bold Robin Hood, derry, etc. What news fain wouldst thou know? Our King hath provided a Shooting-match, And Im ready with my Bow: hey down, etc. We hold it in scorn, said the fifteen Forresters, derry, etc. That ever a Boy so young, Should bear a Bow before our King, Thats not able to draw one String: hey down, etc.
Ill hold you twenty Marks, said Bold Robin Hood, derry, etc. By the leave of our Lady, That Ill hit the Mark an hundred Rod, And Ill cause one Hart to dye: hey down, etc. Well hold you twenty Marks, then said the Forresters, derry, etc. By the leave of our Lady, Thou hitst not the Mark of an hundred Rod, Nor causest one Hart to dye: hey down, etc. Robin Hood he bent his noble Bow, derry, etc. And a broad Arrow he let flye, He hit the Mark an hundred Rod, And he caused one Hart to dye: hey down, etc. Some said he brake Ribs one or two, derry, etc. And some said he brake three; The Arrow in the Hart would not abide, But it glanced in two or three: hey down, etc.
The Hart did skip, and the Hart did leap, derry, derry, down, And the Hart lay on the ground, The Wager is mine, said Bold Robin Hood, If it were for a thousand Pound: hey down, derry, derry, down. The Wagers none of thine, then said the Forresters, derry, etc. Although thou best in haste; Take up thy Bow and get thee hence, Least we thy sides do baste: hey down, etc. Robin Hood he took up his noble Bow, derry, etc. And his broad Arrows all amain, And Robin he laughd, and began to smile, As he went over the Plain: hey down, etc. Then Robin Hood he bent up his noble Bow, derry, etc. And his broad Arrows he let flye, Tell fourteen of these fifteen Forresters, Upon the ground did lye: hey down, etc. He that this Quarrel first began, derry, etc. Went tripping over the Plain, But Robin Hood he bent his noble Bow, And he fetchd him back again: hey down, etc.
You said I was no Archer, said Robin Hood, derry, etc. But say so now again; With that he sent another Arrow, Which split his head in twain: hey down, etc. You have found me an Archer, said Robin Hood, derry, etc. Which will make your Wives to wring, And wish that you ner had spoke the word, That I could not draw one String: hey down, etc. The People that lived in fair Nottingham, derry, etc. Came running out amain, Supposing to have taken Bold Robin Hood, With the Forresters that where slain: hey down, etc. Some lost legs, and some lost armes, derry, etc. And some did lose their blood; But Robin Hood he took up his noble Bow, And is gone to the merry green Wood: hey down, etc. They carryd these Forresters to fair Nottingham, derry, derry, down, As many there did know, They digd them Graves in their Church-yards, And they buried them all on a row: hey down, derry, derry down.
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