XXII. ROBIN HOOD AND THE BISHOP OF HEREFORD.
This excellent ballad, given from the common edition of Aldermary-church-yard (compared with the York copy), is supposed to be modern; the story, however, seems alluded to in the ballad of “Renowned Robin Hood.” The full title is “The Bishop of Hereford’s entertainment by Robin Hood and Little John, &c. in merry Barnsdale.” The tune is added from an engraved sheet.
Some they will talk of bold Robin Hood,
And some of barons bold ;
But I’ll tell you how he serv’d the bishop of Herefòrd,
When he robb’d him of his gold. {299}
As it befel, in merry Barnsdale,
‘All’ under the green-wood-tree,