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

Come thou hither to mee ;

For thou must post to Nottingham.

As fast as thou can dree ;

And as thou goest to Nottingham,

Search all the English wood,

Enquire of one good yeoman or another,

That can tell thee of Robin Hood.”

Sometimes hee went, sometimes hee ran,

As fast as hee could win ;

And when hee came to Nottingham,