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<HEAD>Little Iohn and the four Beggers, A new Merry Song of Robin Hood and little John, Shewing how <HI>Little John</HI> went a Begging, and how he fought with four Beggers, and what a prize he got of the four Beggers,</HEAD>
<OPENER>The tune is, Robin Hood and the begger</OPENER>
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<LG>
<L>ALL you that delight to &s;pend &s;ome time</L>
<L><HI>with a hey down down a down down</HI></L>
<L>A merry Song for to &s;ing,</L>
<L>Vnto me draw n&eacute;er and you &s;hall hear</L>
<L>how little <HI>John</HI> went a begging.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>As <HI>Robin Hood</HI> walked the Fore&s;t along.</L>
<L><HI>with a hey, &amp;c.</HI></L>
<L>And all his Yeomandr&eacute;e,</L>
<L>Sayes <HI>Robin</HI> &s;ome of you mu&s;t a begging go</L>
<L>and little <HI>John</HI> it mu&s;t be th&eacute;e.</L>
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<LG>
<L>Sayes <HI>John</HI> if I mu&s;t a begging go,</L>
<L><HI>with a hey, &amp;c.</HI></L>
<L>I will have a palmers w&eacute;ed,</L>
<L>With a &s;taff and a Coat and bags of all &s;ort</L>
<L>the better then I &s;hall &s;p&eacute;ed.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>Come give me now a bag for my bread,</L>
<L><HI>with a hey, &amp;c.</HI></L>
<L>And another for my ch&eacute;e&s;e</L>
<L>And one for a peny when a; I get any.</L>
<L>that nothing I may l&eacute;e&s;e.</L>
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<LG>
<L>Now little <HI>John</HI> he is a begging gone,</L>
<L><HI>with a hey.</HI></L>
<L>S&eacute;eking for &s;ome relief,</L>
<L>But of all the Beggers he met on the &s;tay,</L>
<L>little <HI>John</HI> he was the chief,</L>
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<LG>
<L>But as he was walking him&s;elf alone</L>
<L><HI>with a hey, &amp;c.</HI></L>
<L>Four beggers he chanced to &s;py,</L>
<L>Some deaf and &s;ome blind &amp; &s;ome came behind</L>
<L>&s;ayes <HI>John</HI> heres brave company.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>Good morrow &s;aid <HI>John</HI> my brethren dear</L>
<L><HI>with a hey, &amp;c.</HI></L>
<L>Good fortune I had you to &s;&eacute;e,</L>
<L>Which way do you go pray let me know,</L>
<L>for I want &s;ome company,</L>
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<L>O what is here to do then &s;aid little <HI>John</HI></L>
<L><HI>with a hey.</HI></L>
<L>Why rings all tho&s;e bells &s;aid he.</L>
<L>What dog is a hanging come let us be ganging</L>
<L>that we the truth may &s;&eacute;e,</L>
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<LG>
<L>Here is no dog a hanging then one of them &s;aid</L>
<L><HI>with a hey &amp;c.</HI></L>
<L>Good fellow we tell unto th&eacute;e,</L>
<L>But here is one <GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 word"> wil give us ch&eacute;e&s;e &amp; bread</L>
<L>and it may be one &s;ingle peny.</L>
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<LG>
<L>We have brethren in <HI>London</HI> another he &s;aid</L>
<L><HI>with a hey, &amp;c.</HI></L>
<L>So have we in <HI>Coventry</HI></L>
<L>In <HI>Barwick</HI> and <HI>Dover</HI> and all the world over</L>
<L>but nere a crookt car<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">il like th&eacute;e</L>
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<LG>
<L>THerefore &s;tand thee back thou crooked care</L>
<L><HI>with a hey.</HI></L>
<L>And take that knock on the crown,</L>
<L>Nay &s;aid little <HI>Iohn</HI> Ile not yet be gone</L>
<L>for about will I have with you round,</L>
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<LG>
<L>Now have at you all then &s;aid little <HI>Iohn,</HI></L>
<L><HI>with a hey.</HI></L>
<L>If you be &s;o full of your blows,</L>
<L>Fight on all four and nere give ore,</L>
<L>whether you be friend or foes</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L><HI>John</HI> nipped the dumb and made him to rore</L>
<L><HI>with a hey:</HI></L>
<L>And the blind that could not &s;&eacute;e,</L>
<L>And be that a Cripple has been &s;even pears</L>
<L>he made them run fa&s;ter then he,</L>
</LG>
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<L>And flinging then all again&s;t the wall,</L>
<L><HI>with a hey.</HI></L>
<L>With many a &s;turdie bang</L>
<L>It made <HI>Iohn</HI> &s;ing to bear the gold ring</L>
<L>Whi<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">h again the walls cryed twang</L>
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<LG>
<L>Then he got out of the beggers Cloak</L>
<L><HI>with a hey.</HI></L>
<L>Thr&eacute;e hundred pound in gold</L>
<L>Good Fortune had I then &s;aid little <HI>Iohn</HI></L>
<L>&s;uch a good fight to behold</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>But what found he in a beggers bag</L>
<L><HI>with a hey</HI></L>
<L>But three hundred pound and three</L>
<L>If I drink water while this doth la&s;t</L>
<L>then until death may I dye</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>And my begging trade I now will give o're</L>
<L><HI>with a hey, &amp;c.</HI></L>
<L>My fortune hath bin &s;o good,</L>
<L>Therefore Ile not &s;tay but I will away</L>
<L>to the Forre&s;t of we cry <HI>Sherwood.</HI></L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>But when to the Forre&s;t of <HI>Sherwood</HI> he came</L>
<L><HI>with a hey</HI></L>
<L>he quickly there did &s;ee</L>
<L>His Ma&s;ter good bold <HI>Robin Hood</HI></L>
<L>and all his company,</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>What news what news then &s;aid <HI>Robin Hood</HI></L>
<L><HI>with a hey.</HI></L>
<L>Come little <HI>Iohn</HI> tell unto me,</L>
<L>How ha&s;t thou &s;ped with thy beggers trade</L>
<L>for that I fain would &s;ee,</L>
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<LG>
<L>No news but good then &s;aid little <HI>Iohn</HI></L>
<L><HI>with a hey,</HI></L>
<L>With begging ful wel I have &s;ped</L>
<L>Six hundred and three I have here for thee</L>
<L>in &s;ilver and gold &s;o te<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter"></L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>Then <HI>Robin Hood</HI> took little <HI>John,</HI> by y^e hand,</L>
<L><HI>with a hey,</HI></L>
<L>And danced about the Oak tree,</L>
<L>If we drink water while this doth ha&s;t</L>
<L>then an it death may we die.</L>
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<LG>
<L>So to conclude my merry new Song,</L>
<L><HI>with a hey.</HI></L>
<L>All you that delight it to &s;ing</L>
<L>Tis of <HI>Robin Hood</HI> that Archer good</L>
<L>and how little <HI>John</HI> went a begging</L>
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<P><HI>Printed for <HI>William Gilber<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">&s;on,</HI></HI></P>
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