Robin Hood / A collection of all the ancient poems, songs, and ballads, now extant, relative to that celebrated English outlaw. To which are prefixed historical anecdotes of his life.

by Unknown

When other butchers no meat could sell,

Robin got both gold and fee ;

For he sold more meat for one peny

Then others could do for three.

But when he sold his meat so fast,

No butcher by him could thrive ;

For he sold more meat for one peny

Than others could do for five.

Which made the butchers of Nottingham

To study as they did stand,