[T]HE
[Jolly Pinder] of Wakefield,
[W]ITH
[Robin Hood] Scarlet, and John.
[To an excellent tu]ne.
Licens'd and Enter'd.
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IN Wakefield there lives a jolly Pinder,
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in Wakefield all on a green,
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in Wakefield all on a green;
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There is neither Knight nor 'Squire, said the Pinder,
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nor Baron that is so bold,
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nor Baron that is so bold,
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Dare make a trespass to the town of Wakefield,
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but his pledge goes to the pinfold, etc.
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All this beheard three witty young Men,
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Robin Hood, Scarlet, and John, etc.
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With that they espy'd the jolly Pinder,
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as he sat under a thorn, etc.
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Now turn again, turn again, said the Pinder,
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for a wrong way you have gone, etc.
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For you have forsaken the King's high-way,
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and made a path over the corn, etc.
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O that were great shame, said jolly Robin,
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we being three, and thou but one, etc.
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The Pinder leapt back then thirty good foot,
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thirty good foot and one, etc.
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He leaned his back fast unto a thorn,
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and his foot against a stone, etc.
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And there they fought a long summer's day,
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and a summer's day so long, etc.
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Till that their swords on their broad bucklers
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were broke close unto their hands, etc.
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Hold thy hand, hold thy hand, said Robin Hood,
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and my merry Men every one, etc.
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For this is one of the best Pinders,
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that ever I tryed with sword, etc.
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And wilt thou forsake the Pinder's Craft,
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and live in the green wood with me? etc.
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At Michaelmas next my cov'nant comes out,
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when every Man gathers his fee, etc.
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I'll take my blew blade all in my hand,
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and plod to the green wood with thee, etc.
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Hast thou either meat or drink, said Robin Hood,
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for my merry Men and me? etc,
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I have both bread and beef, said the Pinder,
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and good ale of the best, etc.
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And that's meat good enough, said Robin Hood,
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for such unbidden Guest, etc.
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O wilt thou forsake the Pinder his Craft,
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and go to the green wood with me? etc.
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Thou shalt have a livery twice in the year,
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the one green, the other brown, etc.
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If Michaelmas-day was come and gone,
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and my Master had paid me my fee,
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and my Master had paid me my fee,
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Then would I set as little by him,
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as my Master doth by me,
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as my Master doth by me.
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