Robin Hoods Progress to Nottingham.
Where he met with fifteen Forristers all on a row.
And he desired of them some news to Know:
But with cross-graind words they did him thwart,
For which at last he made them for to smart.
To the Tune of, Bold Robin Hood
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RObin Hood he was a tall young man,
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Derry derry down.
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And fifteen Winters old;
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And Robin Hood he was a proper young man
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Of courage stout and bold:
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Hey down derry derry down.
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Robin Hood he would unto fair Notingham,
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Derry derry down.
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With the General for to dine:
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There was he ware of fifteen Foresters,
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And a drinking Beer, Ale and Wine:
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Hey down derry derry down.
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What news, what news, said bold Robin Hood
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Derry derry down.
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What news fain wouldst thou know?
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Our King hath provided a shooting match
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And Im ready with my Bow:
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Hey down, etc.
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We hold it in scorn, then said the Forresters
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Derry derry down.
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That ever a Boy so young,
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Should bear a Bow before our King,
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Thats not able to draw one string:
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Hey down, etc.
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Ile hold you twenty marks, said bold Robin Hood
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Derry derry down,
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By the leave of our Lady,
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That Ile hit a mark a hundred Rod,
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And Ile cause a Hart to dye:
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Hey down, etc.
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Wel hold you twenty mark then said the Forresters,
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Derry derry down.
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By the leave of our Lady,
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Thou hitst not the mark an hundred Rod,
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Nor causest a Hart to dye:
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Hey down, etc.
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Robin Hood he bent up a noble Bow,
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Derry derry down,
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And a Broad-Arrow he let fly,
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He hit the mark an hundred Rod,
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And he caused an heart to dye:
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Hey down, etc.
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Some said he brake ribs one or two,
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And some said he brake three:
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The Arrow in the Hart would not abide,
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But it glanced in two or three:
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Hey down derry derry down.
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THe Hart did skip, and the Hart did leap
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And the Hart lay on the ground:
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The wager is mine, said bold Robin Hood
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If twere for a thousand pound:
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Hey down derry derry down.
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The wagers none of thine, then said the Forresters
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derry derry down.
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Although thou best in hast,
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Take up thy Bow and get thee hence
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Lest we thy sides do bast:
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Hey down, etc.
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Robin Hood he took up his noble Bow,
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Derry derry down.
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And his Broad-arrows all amain,
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And Robin he laught, and began to smile,
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As he went over the Plain,
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Hey down, etc.
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Then Robin Hood he bent his noble Bow,
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Derry derry down.
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And his Broad-arrows he let fly,
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Till fourteen of the fifteen Forresters
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Upon the ground did lye:
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Hey down, etc.
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He that did this quarrel first begin,
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Derry derry down.
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Went tripping over the plain,
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But Robin Hood he bent his noble Bow
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And he fetcht him back again,
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Hey down, etc.
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You said I was no Archer, said bold Robin Hood
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But say so now again:
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With that he sent another Arrow
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Which split his head in twain.
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Hey down, etc.
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You have found me an Archer, said Robin Hood
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Derry derry down.
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Which will make your wives for to wring,
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And wish that you had never spoke the word
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That I could not draw one String:
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Hey down, etc.
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The people that lived in fair Nottingham,
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Derry derry down.
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Came running out amain
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Supposing to have taken [bo]ld Robin Hood,
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With the Forresters that were slain:
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Hey down, etc.
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Some lost Legs and some lost A[rms]
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Derry derry down.
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And some did lose their blood:
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But Robin Hood he took up his n[oble Bow]
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And is gone to the merry Green-[wood]
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Hey down, etc.
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They carried these Forresters int[o fair Nottingham]
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Derry derry down.
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As many there did know,
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They digd them graves in their [Church-yards]
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And they buried them all on a row.
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Hey down derry derr[y] down.
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