Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
In the 18th and 19th centuries, the Robin Hood ballads were mostly sold in "Garlands" of 16 to 24 Robin Hood ballads; these were crudely printed chap books aimed at the poor. The garlands added nothing to the substance of the legend but ensured that it continued after the decline of the single broadside ballad. [68]
Robin Hood and the Shepherd is a story in the Robin Hood canon which has survived as, among other forms, a late seventeenth-century English broadside ballad, and is one (#135) out of several ballads about the medieval folk hero that form part of the Child ballad collection, which is one of the most comprehensive collections of traditional English ballads.
Robin Hood and Maid Marian; Robin Hood and Queen Katherine; Robin Hood and the Beggar; Robin Hood and the Bishop; Robin Hood and the Bishop of Hereford; Robin Hood and the Butcher; Robin Hood and the Curtal Friar; Robin Hood and the Golden Arrow; Robin Hood and the Monk; Robin Hood and the Pedlars; Robin Hood and the Potter; Robin Hood and the ...
"Robin Hood and the Beggar" is a story in the Robin Hood canon which has survived as, among other forms, a late seventeenth-century English broadside ballad, and is a pair out of several ballads about the medieval folk hero that form part of the Child ballad collection, which is one of the most comprehensive collections of traditional English ballads.
When Allan agrees to serve Robin, the latter springs into action. He turns up at the church as a harper , but refuses to play: firstly, until he has seen the bride and groom; secondly, after he has seen them, because he does not consider the old man and the young girl a suitable match.
Robin Hood and Little John, by Louis Rhead, 1912. Robin Hood and Little John is Child ballad 125. It is a story in the Robin Hood canon which has survived as, among other forms, a late seventeenth-century English broadside ballad, and is one of several ballads about the medieval folk hero that form part of the Child ballad collection, which is one of the most comprehensive collections of ...
Robin Hood and the Bishop (Roud 3955, Child 143) is an English-language folk song describing an adventure of Robin Hood.This song has also survived as a late seventeenth-century English broadside ballad, and is one of several ballads about the medieval folk hero that form part of the Child ballad collection, which is one of the most comprehensive collections of traditional English ballads.
A True Tale of Robin Hood (Roud 3996, Child 154) is an English folk song, featuring Robin Hood and, indeed, presents a full account of his life, from before his becoming an outlaw, to his death. It describes him as the Earl of Huntington , which is a fairly late development in the ballads.