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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, / And a Story I'll to you unfold; with a hey down, down an a down, Information in this section of the Source Description refers to the original ballad manuscript. : 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 Clothes with her, to escape from the Bishop; and how he robbed him of all his Gold, and made him sing Mass, Printer W.O. 1700-1700 W.O.

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COme Gentlemen all and listen a while, with a hey down, down an a down, And a Story I'll to you unfold; I'll tell to you how Robin Hood served the Bishop, When he robb'd him of his Gold: As it fell out of a Sun-shinining day, with a hey, etc. When Phebus was in her prime, that Robin Hood, that Archer good, In Mirth would spend some time: And as he walked the Forrest along, whith hey, etc. Some pastime for to spy, there was aware of 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 he'll shew unto me I know, But hanged shall I be. Then Robin was stout. and turn'd 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 Out-law, 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 he'll 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, I'll 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 I'll 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 arrayed, with a hey, etc. He went straight 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 an 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 Woman's 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 chanc'd for to see, a hundred brave Bowmen bold, Stand under the green-Wood tree, O who is yonder, the Bishop then said, with a hey, etc. That's ranging within yonder Wood? marry, says the old Woman, I think it to be A Man called Robin Hood.
Why, who art thou, the Bishop he said, with a hey. 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 turn'd him about but Robin Hood so stood, Call'd him and bid him stay. Then Robin took hold of the Bishop's horse, with a hey, etc. And ty'd him fast to a tree, then little John smill'd his Master upon, For joy of his Company. Robin Hood took his Mantle from's back, with a hey, etc. And spread it upon the grund, and out of the Bishop's 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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