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

And live in the green wood with me,

My name’s Robin Hood, I swear by the ‘rood,’

I will give thee both gold and fee.

If thou be Robin Hood, bold Arthur reply’d,

As I think well thou art,

Then here’s my hand, my name’s Arthur-a-Bland,

We two will never depart.

But tell me, O tell me, where is Little John ?

Of him fain would I hear ;

For we are alide by the mothers side,