Robin Hood's Delight

Robin Hood's Delight

Robin Hood's Delight is Child ballad 136.

ynopsis

Robin Hood, Will Scarlock, and Little John are walking in the forest when they met with three foresters, who fight with them. They refuse Robin permission to sound his horn, but Robin persuades them to go to an inn, and there they drink instead of fighting.

External links

* [http://www.sacred-texts.com/neu/eng/child/ch136.htm "Robin Hood's Delight"]
* [http://library.rochester.edu/camelot/rh/chdelit.htm "Robin Hood's Delight"]


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