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<DIV1 TYPE="ballad">
<PB N="394" REF="1" MS="y"><!-- PDF PAGE 3 -->
<HEAD>Robin Hood <HI>and</HI> Allin of Dale.</HEAD>
<ARGUMENT>
<P>Or, a <HI>plea&s;ant Relation</HI> how a young <HI>Gentleman</HI> being in Love with a Young Dam&s;el, which <HI>was</HI> taken from him to be an Old Knights Bride, and how <HI>Robin Hood</HI> pittying the young mans ca&s;e, took her from the Old Knight, <HI>when</HI> they <HI>were</HI> going to be Marryed, and re&s;tored her to her own Love again.</P>
<LG>
<L><HI>Bold <HI>Robin Hood</HI> he did the young man right,</HI></L>
<L><HI>And took the Dam&s;el from the Doting Knight.</HI></L>
</LG>
</ARGUMENT>
<OPENER><HI>To a Plea&s;ant Northern Tune, or;</HI> Robin Hood in the Green-Wood &s;tood,</OPENER>
<P><FIGURE>
</FIGURE></P>
<P><FIGURE>
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<LG>
<L>COme Li&s;ten to me, you Gallants &s;o free,</L>
<L>All you that loves mirth for to hear,</L>
<L>And I will you tell of a bold Outlaw,</L>
<L>That lived in <HI>Nottingham-&s;hire,</HI></L>
<L>that lived in <HI>Nottingham-&s;hire.</HI></L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>As <HI>Kobin Hood</HI> in the Forre&s;t &s;tood,</L>
<L>All under the Green-wood tree,</L>
<L>There was he aware of a brave young man</L>
<L>As fine as fine might be,</L>
<L>as fine, &amp;c.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>The young&s;ter was cloathed in Scarlet red</L>
<L>In Scarlet fine and gay,</L>
<L>And he did frisk it over the plain,</L>
<L>And chanted a round delay,</L>
<L>and chanted, &amp;c.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>As <HI>Robin Hood</HI> next morning &s;tood,</L>
<L>Among&s;t the leaves &s;o gay,</L>
<L>There did he e&s;py the &s;ame young man</L>
<L>Come drooping along the way,</L>
<L>come drooping, &amp;c.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>The Scarlet he wore the day before,</L>
<L>It was clean ca&s;t away,</L>
<L>And every &s;tep he fetcht a &s;igh,</L>
<L>Alack and a welladay,</L>
<L>alack, &amp;c.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>Then &s;tepped forth brave little <HI>John,</HI></L>
<L>And <HI>Nick</HI> the Millers Son,</L>
<L>Which made the young man bend his bow,</L>
<L>When as he &s;ee them come,</L>
<L>when as, &amp;c.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>Stand off, &s;tand off, the young man &s;aid,</L>
<L>What is your will with me,</L>
<L>You mu&s;t come before our Ma&s;ter &s;traight,</L>
<L>Vnder you greenwood Tree,</L>
<L>under, &amp;c.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>And when he came hold <HI>Robin</HI> before</L>
<L><HI>Robin</HI> askt him courteou&s;ly,</L>
<L>O ha&s;t thou any money to &s;pare,</L>
<L>For my merry men and me,</L>
<L>for my, &amp;c.</L>
</LG>
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<LG>
<L>I have no money the young man &s;aid,</L>
<L>But five &s;hillings and a Ring,</L>
<L>And that I have kept this &s;even long years</L>
<L>To have it at my wedding,</L>
<L>to have, &amp;c.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>Ye&s;terday I &s;hould have Married a Maid</L>
<L>But &s;he was from me <GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">ane,</L>
<L>And cho&s;en to be an old Knights delight,</L>
<L>Whereby my poor heart is &s;lain.</L>
<L>whereby, &amp;c.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>VVhat is thy name, then &s;aid <HI>Robin Hood,</HI></L>
<L>Come tell me without any fail,</L>
<L>By the faith of my body then &s;aid the young|man</L>
<L>My name it is <HI>Allin a Dale,</HI></L>
<L>my, name, &amp;c.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>What wilt thou give me &s;aid <HI>Robin Hood,</HI></L>
<L>In ready gold or fee,</L>
<L>To help thee to thy true Love again,</L>
<L>And deliver her unto thee:</L>
<L>and tel <GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">er, &amp;c.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>I have no money then quoth the young man</L>
<L>No ready gold nor fee,</L>
<L>But I will &s;wear upon a book,</L>
<L>Thy true Servant for to be,</L>
<L>thy true, &amp;c.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>How many miles is it to thy true Love,</L>
<L>Come tell me without any guile,</L>
<L>By the faith of my body then &s;aid the young man,</L>
<L>It is but five little mile,</L>
<L>it is, &amp;c.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>Then <HI>Robin</HI> he ha&s;ted over the plain,</L>
<L>He did neither &s;tint nor lin,</L>
<L>Vntil he came unto the Church,</L>
<L>Where <HI>Allin</HI> &s;hould keep his wedding.</L>
<L>where, &amp;c.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>What do&s;t thou here, the Bi&s;hop then &s;aid,</L>
<L>I prithee now tell unto me,</L>
<L>I am a bold Harper quoth <HI>Robin Hood,</HI></L>
<L>And the be&s;t in the North Country,</L>
<L>and the, &amp;c.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>O welcome, O welcome the Bi&s;hop he &s;aid</L>
<L>That Mu&s;ick be&s;t plea&s;eth me,</L>
<L>You &s;hall have no Mu&s;ick quoth <HI>Robin Hood,</HI></L>
<L>Till the Brids and the Bridsgroom I &s;ee,</L>
<L>till, &amp;c.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>VVith that came in a wealthy Knight,</L>
<L>VVhich was both grave and old,</L>
<L>And after him a finikin La&s;s</L>
<L>Did &s;hine like the gli&s;tring Gold;</L>
<L>did &s;hine, &amp;c.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>This is not a fit match<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">d, bold <HI>Robin Hood</HI></L>
<L>That you do &s;eem to make here,</L>
<L>For &s;ince we are come unto the Church,</L>
<L>The bride &s;he &s;hall chu&s;s her own Dear;</L>
<L>the, &amp;c.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>Then <HI>Robin Hood</HI> put his horn to his mouth</L>
<L>And blew bl<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">&s;ts two or three,</L>
<L>VVhen four and twenty bowmen bold</L>
<L>Came leaping over the Lee,</L>
<L>came leaping, &amp;c.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>And when they came into the Church yard,</L>
<L>Marching all on a row,</L>
<L>The fir&s;t man was <HI>Allin a Dale,</HI></L>
<L>To give bold <HI>Robin</HI> his bow,</L>
<L>to give, &amp;c.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>This is thy true Love <HI>Robin</HI> he &s;aid,</L>
<L>Young <HI>Allin</HI> as I hear &s;ay,</L>
<L>And you &s;hall be married at the &s;ame time,</L>
<L>Before we depart away,</L>
<L>before, &amp;c.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>That &s;hall not be, the bi&s;hop he &s;aid,</L>
<L>For thy word &s;hall not &s;tand,</L>
<L>They &s;hall be three times askt in the church</L>
<L>As the Law is of our Land,</L>
<L>o<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter"> the, &amp;c.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L><HI>Robin Hood</HI> pull'd off the bi&s;hops coat,</L>
<L>And put it upon Little <HI>John,</HI></L>
<L>By the faith of my body then <HI>Robin</HI> &s;aid,</L>
<L>This cloath doth make thee a man,</L>
<L>this, &amp;c.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>When Little <HI>John</HI> went into the Quire,</L>
<L>The people began to laugh,</L>
<L>He askt them &s;even times in the Church,</L>
<L>Le&s;t three times &s;hould not be enough,</L>
<L>le&s;t, &amp;c.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>VVho gives me this Maid, &s;aid little <HI>John,</HI></L>
<L>Quoth, <HI>Robin Hood</HI> that do I,</L>
<L>And he that both take her from <HI>Allin a Dale,</HI></L>
<L>Full dearly he &s;hall her buy,</L>
<L>full, &amp;c.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>And thus having ended this merry wedding</L>
<L>The Bride lookt like a Queen,</L>
<L>And &s;o they return'd to the merry greenwood</L>
<L>Among&s;t the leaves &s;o green,</L>
<L>among&s;t the leaves &s;o green.</L>
</LG>
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<DIV1 TYPE="license">
<P><HI>With Allowance</HI></P>
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<DIV1 TYPE="colophon">
<P>Printed for Alex. Milbourn, Will. Ownley, Tho. Thackeray at the Angel in Duck-lane</P>
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