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ROBIN HOOD'S PROGRESS TO NOTTINGHAM (Ballad 139)Reading time:(3 minutes) |
Robin Hood hee was and a tall young
man, |
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Robin Hood he would and to fair Nottingham,
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the general: the general crowd, the people bear = beer |
What news? What news?' said bold Robin
Hood; |
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I'le hold you twenty marks,' said bold
Robin Hood, 'We'l hold you twenty mark,' then said the forresters,
Robin Hood he bent up a noble bow, Some said hee brake ribs one or two, The hart did skip, and the hart did leap, |
100 rods = around 550 years dye = die |
'The wager's none of thine,' then said
the forresters, |
baste = beat |
Robin Hood he took up his noble bow,
Then Robin Hood hee bent his noble bow, |
amain = with all one's might |
He that did this quarrel first begin
'You said I was no archer,' said Robin Hood, |
tripping = hurrying (the one surviving forrester tries to run away) |
'You have found mee an
archer,' saith Robin Hood, The people that lived in fair Nottingham Some lost legs, and some lost arms, They carryed these forresters into fair Nottingham,
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to wring (their hands in grief) |
Questions. Make sure you can answer these questions about what you just read:
Source: Francis James Child, The English and Scottish Popular Ballads (1882-1898). Weblink. |
Modern
Languages / Anthropology 3043: Folklore & Mythology.
Laura Gibbs, Ph.D.
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