%ISOlat1; %ISOlat2; %ISOnum; %ISOpub; ]> Robin Hood's Progress to Nottingham, / Where he met with fifteen Forresters all on a row, / And he desired of them some News to know; / And with cross-grain'd words they did him thwart, / For which at last he made them for to smart. University of California - Santa Barbara The Early Modern Center English Broadside Ballad Archive (EBBA) Director Patricia Fumerton Associate Director Carl G Stahmer 1684-1684 Early Modern Center, University of California Santa Barbara Santa Barbara, CA 10/03/2018 35978

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R182811 1 ROBIN HOOD [unknown] Robin Hood RObin Hood he was a tall Young Man, / And fifteen winters old, derry derry down, | hey down derry derry down. Information in this section of the Source Description refers to the original ballad manuscript. : Robin Hood's Progress to Nottingham, / Where he met with fifteen Forresters all on a row, / And he desired of them some News to know; / And with cross-grain'd words they did him thwart, / 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 he desired of them some News to know; And with cross-grained words they did him thwart, For which at last he made them for to smart. Printer A. Milbourn 1684-1684 A. Milbourn

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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 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 Rob. Hood derry, etc. What news fain wouldst thou know? Our King hath provided a shooting match, And I'm 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, That's not able to draw one string: hey down, etc.
I'll hold you twenty marks, said bold Robin Hood, derry, etc. By the leave of our Lady, That I'll hit the mark an hundred rod, And I'll cause one heart to dye: hey down, etc. We'll hold you twenty marks, then said the Forresters, derry, etc. By the leave of our Lady, Thou hitt'st not the mark of an hundred rod, Nor causest one heart to die; hey down, etc. Robin Hood he bent his noble bow, derry, etc. And a broad arrow he let fly, He hit the mark an hundred rod, And he caused one hart to dye: hey down, etc. Some said he break ribs one or two, derry derry down, And some said he brake three; The arrow to the hart would not abide, But it glanced in two or three: hey down derry derry down.
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 wager's none of thine, then said the For-resters, derry, etc. Although thou be'st 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 laugh'd 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, Till 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 fetcht 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 Rob. Hood derry etc. Which will make your wives to wring, And wish that you ne'er 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 were slain; hey down, etc. Some lost legs, and some lost arms, 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 carry'd these forresters to fair No[ttingham] derry derry down, As many there did know, They dig'd them [Graves in their Church-yards,] And they buried them all on a row; hey down, derry, derry down.
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