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

Then bold Robin Hood for Nottingham goes,

For Nottingham town goes he,

O there did he meet with a poor beggar-man,

He came creeping along the highway.

“What news, what news, thou old beggar-man ?

What news, come tell unto me.”

“O there’s weeping and wailing in Nottingham [town],

For the death of the ’squires all three.”

This beggar-man had a coat on his back,

’Twas neither green, yellow, nor red ;