Robin hood he came there with a hey c. Queen Katherine she did say Thou art welcome Loxsly said the Queen and all thy Yeomen gay For a match of shooting I have made with a hey c. and thou on my part must be Rob. If I miss the mark be it light or dark then hanged will I be But when the Game it came to be played with a hey c. bold Robin then drew nigh With his mantle of green most brave to be seen he let his arrows flye And when the Game it ended was with a hey c. bold Robin wan it with grace But after the King was angry with him and vowed he would him chase What though his pardon granted was with a hey c. while he with them did stay But yet the King was vexed at him when as he was gone his way Soon after the King from the Court did hie with a hey c. in a furious angry mood And often enquire both far and neer after bold Robin Hood But when the King to Nottingham came with a hey c. bold Robin was in the wood O come said he and let me see who can find me bold Robin Hood But when bold Robin Hood he did hear with a hey c. the King had him in chase Then said little John 't is time to be gone and go to some other place Then away they went from merry Sherwood with a hey c. and into Yorkshire he did hye And the King did follow with a hoop a hallow but could not come him nigh Yet jolly Robin he passed along with a hey c. and went straight to Newcastle town And there stayed he hours two or three and then he for Barwick was gone When the King he did see how Robin did flee with a hey c. he was vexed wondrous sore With a hoop a hollow he vowed to follow and take him or never give o're Come now let 's away then cry'd little John with a hey c. let any man follow that dare To Carlile we 'l hye with our company and so then to Lancaster From Lancaster then to Chester they went with a hey c. and so did good King Henry But Robin away for he durst not stay for fear of some treachery Says Robin come let us to London go with a hey c. to see our noble Queens face It may be she wants our company which makes the King so us Chase When Robin he came Q. Katherine before with hey c. he fell upon his knee If it please our Grace I am come to this place for to speak with King Henry Queen Katherine she answered bold Robin again with a hey c. the King he is gone to merry Sherwood And when he went he to me did say he would go to seek Robin hood Then fare you well my gracious Queen with a hey c. for to Sherwood I will hye apace For fain would I see what he would with me if I could but meet with his grace But when King Henry he came home with a hey c. full weary and vered in mind And that he did here Robin had been there he blamed Dame fortune unkind You are Welcome home Queen Katherine cry'd with a hey c. Henry my Soveraign Liege Bold Robin hood that Archer good your person hath been to seek But when King Henry he â—id hear with a hey c. that Robin had been him to seek This answer he gave he 's a cunning Knave for I have sought him this whole 3 week A boon a boon Queen Katherine cry'd with a hey c. I beg it here of your Grace To pardon his life and seek no more strife and so endeth Robin Hood's Chase Little Iohn and the four Beggers A new merry Song of Robin Hood and little Iohn shewing how little Iohn went a begging and how he fought with four Beggers and what a Prize he got from these beggers To the tune of Robin Hood and the Beggar ALL you that delight to spend some time with a hey down down a down A merry song for to sing Vnto me draw near and you shall hear how little Iohn went a begging As Robin hood walkt the Forrest along with a hey c. And all his Yeomandree Says Robin some of you must a begging go and little Iohn it must be thee Says Iohn if I must a begging go with a hey c. I will have a Palmers Weed With a staff and a coat and bags of all sort the better then I shall speed Come give me now a bag for my bread with a hey c. And another for my cheese And one for a penny if I get any that nothing I may leese Now little John is a begging gone wirh a hey c. Seeking for some relief But of all the Beggers he met on the way little Iohn he was the chief But as he was walking himself alone with a hey c. Four Beggers he chanced to spy Some deaf and some blind and some came behind says Iohn here 's brave company Good morrow said Iohn my brethren dear with a hey c. Good fortune I had you to see Which way do you go pray let me know for I want some company O what is here to do then said little Iohn with a hey c. Why rings all these Bells said he what dog is hanging come let us be ganging that we the truth may see Here is no dog hanging one of them said with a hey c. Good fellow I tell unto thee But here is one dead will give us Cheese and bread and it may be one single Penny We have brethren in London another said with a hey c. So have we in Coventry In Berwick and Dover all the world over but ne'r a crookt Carl like thee Therefore stand thee back thou crooked carl with a hey c. And take that knock on the crown Nay said little Iohn I 'le not yet be gone for a bout will I have with you round Now have at you all then said little Iohn with a hey c. If you be so full of your blows Fight on all four and never give o're whether you be friends or foes Iohn nipped the dumb and made him to roar with a hey c. And the blind that could not see And he that a Cripple had been seven years he made him run faster then he And flinging them all against the wall with a hey c. With many a sturdy bang It made Iohn sing to hear the gold ring which against the walls cry'd twang Then he got out of the beggers cloak with a hey c. Three hundred pound in gold Good fortune had I then said little Iohn such a good sight to behold But what found be in a Beggars bag with a hey c. But three hundred pound and three If I drink water while this doth last than an ill death may I dye
that â—â—cher good In mirth would spend some time As he walked the Forrest along with a hey c. Some pastime for to spy there was he aware of a proud Bishop And all his company O what shall I do said Robin hood then with a hey c. If the Bishop he doth take me no mercy he 'l show unto me I know Then Robin was stout and turn'd him about with a hey c. And a little house there he did spy And to an old Wife to save his life He loud began to cry Why who art thou said the old Woman with a hey c. Come tell it to me for good I am an Out-law as many do know My name it is Robin Hood And yonder 's the Bishop and all his Men with a hey c. And if that I taken be Then day and night he 'l work me spight And hanged I shall be If thou be Robin Hood said the old Wife with a hey c. As thou dost seem to be I 'le for thee provide and thee I will hide From the Bishop and his Company For I well remember on Saturday-night with a hey c. Thou bought me both shooes and hose Therefore I 'le provide thy person to hide and keep thee from thy foes Then give me soon thy Coat of Gray with a hey c. And take thou my Mantle of Green Thy Spindle and Twine unto me resign and take thou my Arrows so keen And when that Robin hood was so array'd with a hey c. He went straight to his company With his Spindle and Twine he oft looâ— behinâ— for the Bishop and his company O who is yonder quoth little Iohn with a hey c. That now comes over the Lee An Arrow I will at her let flye so like an old Witch looks she O hold thy hand hold thy hand said Robâ—â— the with a hey c. 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 Womans houâ—â— with a hey c. 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 c. Himself on a Dapple Gray 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 c. The Bishop he chanced to see A hundred braâ—e Bow-men bold stand under the Green-wood-tree O who is yonder the Bishop he said with a hey c. 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 c. Which I have here with me Why I am an old Woman thou Cuckoldâ—g Bishop lift up my Leg and see Then woe to me the Bishop he said with a hey c. That ever I saw this day He turn'd him about â—ut Robin hood so stout call'd to him and bid him stay Then Robin took hold of the Bishops horse with a hey c. And ty'd him fast to a tree Then Little Iohn sâ—â—ised his Master upon for joy of that company Robin Hood took his Mantle from 's back with a hey c. And spread it upon the ground And out of the Bishops Portmantle he soon told five hundred pound So now â—et him go said Robin Hood with a hey c. Said little Iohn that may not â—e For I vow and proteâ—â— he shall sing as a Mass before that he go from me Then Robin Hood took the Bishop by the hand with a hey c. And bound him fast to a tree And made him sing a Mass God-wot â—â— him and his Yeoman-dree And then they brought him through the wood with a hey c. And set him on his Dapple Gray And gave the tayl within his hand and bid him for Robin Hood pray Robin Hood and the Butcher Shewing how he robbed the Sherriff of Nottingham Tune of Robin Hood and the Beggar COme all ye brave gallants listen a while with a hey down down an a down that are in this Bower within For of Robin Hood that Archer good a Song I intend to sing Vpon a time it chanced so with a hey c. bold Robin in the Forrest did spy A jolly Butcher with a bonny fine Mare with his flesh to the Market did hye Good morrow good fellow said jolly Robin with a hey c. what food hast tell unto me And thy trade to me tell and where thou dost dwest for I like well thy company The Butcher he answered jolly Robin with a hey c. no matter where I dwell For a Butcher I am and to Nottingham I am going my flesh to sell What 's the price of thy flesh said jolly Robin with a hey c. come tell it soon unto me And the price of my Mare be she never so dear for a Butcher fain would I be The price of my flesh the Butcher reply'd with a hey c. I soon will tell unto thee With my bonny Mare they are not dear four Mark thou must give unto me Four Mark I will give thee said jolly Robin with a hey c. four Mark it shall be thy Fee Thy money come count and let me mount for a Butcher I fain would be Now Robin he is to Nottingham gone with a hey c. his Butchers trade for to begin With a good intent to the Sheriff he went and there he took up his Inn. When other Butchers did open their shop with a hey c. bold Robin he then begun But how for to sell he knew not well for a butcher he was but young When other butchers no meat could sell with a hey c. Robin got both Gold and Fee For he sold more meat for one Penny than others could do for three But when he sold his Meat so fast with a hey c. no butcher by him could thrive For he sold more meat for one penny than others could do for five Which made the butchers of Nottingham with a hey c. to study as they did stand Saying surely he was some Prodigal that had sold his Fathers Land The butchers they stepped to jolly Robin with a hey c. acquainted with him for to be Come brother one said we be all of one trade come will you go dine with me Accurst of his heart said jolly Robin with a hey c. That a Butcher will deny I will go with you my Brethren true and as fast as I can hye But when to the Sheriffs house they came with a hey c. to Dinner they hyed apace And Robin he the man must be before them all to say Grace Pray God bless us all said jolly Robin with a hey c. and our Meat within this place A cup of Sack so good will nourish our blood and so I end my
I know Some sturdy Rebel is that same Therefore let him not go With that Little John so hastily derry derry down Away cut Stutly's bands And from one of the Sheriff his men A sword twitcht from his hands Here Will here take thou this same derry derry down Thou canst it better sway And here defend thy self a while For aid will come straight-way And there they turn'd them back to back derry derry down In the middle of them that day Till Robin hood approached near With many an Archer gay With that an Arrow by them flew derry derry down I wist from Robin hood Make hast make hast the Sheriff he said Make hast for it is good The Sheriff is gone his doubtless men derry derry down Thought it no boot to stay But as their Master had them taught They ran full fast away O stay O stay Will Stutly said derry derry down Take leave e're you depart You ne'r will catch hold Robin Hood Vnless you dare him start O ill betide you quoth Robin Hood derry derry down That you so soon are gone My Sword may in the Scabbard rest For here our work is done I little thought when I came here derry derry down When I came here to this place For to have met with Little John Or seen my Masters face Thus Stutly was at liberty set derry derry down And safe brought from his foe O thanks O thanks to my Master Since here it was not so And once again my fellows all derry derry down We shall in the green Woods meet Where we will make our bow-strings twang Musick for us most sweet hey down derry derry down Robin Hood and the Begger Shewing how Robin Hood and the Begger fought and how he changed cloaths with the Begger and how he went a begging to Nottingham and how he saved three brethren from hanging for stealing of Deer To the Tâ—ne of Robin Hood and the stranger COme light and listen you Gentlemen all hey down down and a down That mirth do love for to hear and a story true I 'le tell unto you If that you will draw near In elder times when merriment was with a hey c. And Archery was holden good there was an Out-law as many did know Which men called Robin Hood Vpon a time it chanced so with a hey c. Bold Robin was merry dispos'd his time to spend he did intend Either with friends or foes Then he got up on a gallant brave Steed with a hey c. The which was worth Angels ten with a mantle of green most brave to be seen He left all his merry men â—ndriding towards fair Nottingham with a hey c. Some pastime for to spy There was he aware of a jolly Begger As e're he beheld with his eye An old patcht Coat the Begger had on with a hey c. Which he daily did use for to wear and many a bag about him did wag Which made Robin Hood to him repair God-speed God-speed said Robin hood then with a hey c. What Countrey-man tell unto me I am Yorkshire Sir but e're you go far Some charity give unto me Why what wouldst thou have said Rob. hood with a hey c. I pray tell unto me no lands nor living the begger he said But a penny for charity I have no money said Robin hood then with a hey c. But a Ranger within the wood I am an Out-law as many do know My Name it is Robin hood But yet I must tell thee bonny begger with a hey c. That about with thee I must try thy coat of gray lay down I say And my mantle of green shall lye by Content content the begger he cry'd with a hey c. Thy part it will be the worse for I hope this bout to give thee the rout And then have at thy Purse The begger he had a mickle long staff with a hey c. And Robin had a nut-brown sword so the begger drew nigh at Robin let fly But gave him never a Word Fight on fight on said Robin Hood then with a hey c. This Game well pleaseth me For every blow that Robin did give The Begger gave buffets three And fighting there full hard and sore with a hey c. Not far from Nottingham town they never fled till from Robins head The blood ran trickling down O hold thy hand said Robin hood then with a hey c. And thou and I will agree if that be true the begger he said Thy Mantle come give unto me Now a change a change cry'd Robin hood with a hey c. Thy bags and Coat give me this Mantle of mine I 'le to thee resign My Horse and my bravery When Robin had got the beggers cloaths with a hey c. He looked round about methinks said he I seem to be A begger brave and stout For now I have a bag for my bread with a hey c. So have I another for Corn I have one for Salt and another for malt And one for my little Horn. And now I will a begging go with a hey c. Some charity for to find and if any more of Robin you 'l know In this second part it 's behind Now Robin he is to Nottingham bound with a hey c. With his bags hanging down to his knee his stuff and his coat scarce worth a groat Yet merrily passed he As Robin he passed the streets along with a hey c. He heard a pittiful cry three brethren dear as he did hear Condemned were for to dye Then Robin he hyed to the Sheriffs house with a hey c. Some relief for to seek he skipt and leapt and capered full high As he went along the street But when to the Sheriffs house he came with a hey c. There a Gentleman fine and brave thou begger said he come tell unto me What is it that thou wouldest have No meat nor drink said Robin hood then with a hey c. That I come here to crave but to beg the lives of Yeomen three And that I fain would have That cannot be thou bold begger with a hey c. Their fact it is so clear I tell to thee they hanged must be For stealing of our Kings Deer But when to the Gallows they did come with a hey c. There was many a weeping eye O hold your peace said Robin then For certainly they shall not dye Then Robin he set his Horn to his mouth with a hey c. And blew but blasts three till a hundred bold Archers brave Came kneeling down to his knee What is your will Master they said with a hey c. We are here at your command shoot East shoot West said Robin then And look that you spare no man Then they shot East and thy shot West with a hey c. Their Arrows were so keen the Sheriff he and his company No longer could be seen Then he stept to
green and flowers are fresh and gay Robin hood and his merry men were disposed to play Then some would leap and some would run and some would use Artissery Which of you can a good Bow draw a good Archer to be Which of you can kill a Buck or who can kill a Doe Or who can kill a Hart of Greece five hundred foot him fro Will Scadlock he kill'd a Buck and Midge he kill'd a Doe And little John kill'd a Hart of Greece five hundred foot him fro Gods blessing on thy heart said Robin Hood that shot such a shot for me I would ride my horse an hundred miles to find one could match thee That caused Will Scadlock to laugh he laughed full heartily There lives a Fryer in Fountain-Abby will beat both him and thee That Curtal Fryer in Fountain-Abby well can a strong Bow draw He will beat you and your Yeomen set them all on a row Robin Hood took a solemn Oath it was by Mary free That he would neither eat nor drink till the Fryer he did see Robin Hood put on his Harness good and on his head a Cap of Steel Then â—oad Sword and Buckler by his side and they became him wee l 〈◊〉 took his Bow into his hand it was made of a trusty Tree â—ith a sheaf of Arrows at his Belt to the Fountains-Dale went he â—nd coming to the Fountain-Dale no further would he ride â—here was he ware of a Curtal Fryâ—r walking by the water side â—he Fryer had on a harness good and on his head a Cap of Steel â—road Sword and Buckler by his side and they became him wee l â—obin Hood lighted off from his horse and tyed him to a Thorn â—arry me over the water thou Curtal Fryer or else thy life 's forlorn â—he Fryer took Robin Hood on his back deep water he did bestride â—nd spake neither good word nor bad till he came at the other side â—ightly stept Robin off the Fryers back the Fryer said to him again Carry me over this water fine fellow or it shall breed thy pain Robin hood took the Fryer on 's back deep water he did bestride And spake neither good word nor bad till he came at the other side Lightly leapt the Fryer off Robin hoods baâ— Robin hood said to him again Carry me over this water thou curtal Fryeâ— or it shall breed thy pain The Fryer took Robin hood on 's back agaâ— and stept up to the knee Till he came to the middle stream neither good nor bad spake he And coming to the middle stream there he threw Robin in And chuse thee chuse thee fine fellow whether thou wilt sink or swim Robin hood swam to a bush of Broom the Fryer to a wigger-wand Bold Robin hood is gone to shore and took his Low in hand â—â—e of the best Arrows under his Belt to the Fryer he let flye â—â—e Curtal Fryer with his steel buckler he put that Arrow by â—oot on shoot on thou fine fellow shoot as thou hast begun â— thou shoot here a Summers day thy mark I will not shun â—obin hood shot so passing well till his Arrows all were gone â—hey took their Swords and Steel bucklers and fought with might and main â—â—om ten o' th clock that day till four i' th afternoon â—â—en Robin hood came to knees of Fryer to beg a boon â— boon a boon thou Curtal Fryer I beg it on my knee â—ive me leave to set my Horn to my mouth and to blow blasts three â—hat will I do said the Curtal Fryer of thy blasts I have no doubt â— hope thou 'lt blow so passing well till both thy eyes fall out Robin Hood set his Hom to his mouth he blew but blasts three Half a hundred Yeomen with Bows bent came ranging over the Lee. Whose men are these said the Fryer that come so hastily These are mine said Robin Hood Fryer what 's that to thee A boon a boon said the Curtal Fryer the like I gave to thee Give me leave to set my Fist to my mouth and to whute whutes three That will I do said Robin Hood or else I were to blame Three whutes in a Fryers Fist would make glad and fain The Fryer he set his Fist to his mouth and whuted whutes three Half a hundred good Bay Dogs came running the Fryer unto Here 's for every man a Dog and I my self for thee Nay by my faith quoth Robin Hood Fryer that may not be Two Dogs at onâ—e â—o Robin Hood did go the one behind the other bâ—â—â—e Robin Hoods Mantle of Lincoln green off from his back they â—ore And whether his men shot East or West or they shot North or South The Curtal Dogs so taught they were they caught the Arrows in their mouth Take up thy Dogs said Little John Fryer at my bidding be Whose man art thou said the Curtal Fryer comes here to prate to me I am little John Robin Hoods man Fryer I will not lye If thou take not up thy Dogs soon I 'le take up them and thee Little John had a Bow in his hand he shot with might and main Soon half a score of the Fryers Dogs lay dead upon the plain Hold thy hand good fellow said the Curtal Fryer thy Master and I will agree And we will have new orders taken with all the hast that may be If thou wilt forsake fair fountains-Dale and fountains-Abby free Every Sunday throughout the year a Noble shall be thy fee. And every holy-day throughout the Year changed shall thy garments be If thou wilt go to fair Nottingham and there remain with me This curtal Fryer had kept Fountains-dale seven long years and more There was neither Knight Lord nor Earl could make him yield before The Noble Fisherman Or Robin Hood's Preferment Shewing how he won a prize on the Sea and how he gave one half to his Dame and the other to the building of Alms-houses The Tune is In Summer time IN Summer time when leaves grow green when they do grow both green and long Of a bold Out-law call'd Robin hood it is of him I sing this song When the Lilly-leaf and the Cowslip sweet doth bud and spring with a merry chear This Out-law was weary of the wood-side and chasing of the Fallow Deer The Fisher-men brave more money have then any Merchant two or three Therefore I will to Scarborough go that I a Fisher-man brave may be This Out-law call'd 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 I 'le to Scarborough go it seems to be a very fair day Who took up his Inn at a Widdow-womans house hard by upon the waters gray Who asked of him where wert thou born or tell to me where dost thou fare I am a poor Fisher-man said he then this day intrapped all in care What is thy name thou fine fellow I pray thee heartily