Ed de Moel

Child Ballads - End-Notes

Robin Hood and the Butcher

A.  12,bughe.
13. d in head has a tag to it: Furnivall.
64. 3.
After 92, 174, 254, half a page gone.
134. 5.
154. 30ty.
173. 4.
183. 300li.
193. cacth: in thy.
201. 7.
243. 100d.
283. pro for for.
B. a.  Robin Hood and the Butcher. To the Tune of Robin Hood and the Begger.
At the end, T.R.
Colophon. London. Printed for F. Grove on Snow Hill. F. Grove printed 1620-55: Chappell.
124. hath sold.
b.  Robin Hood and the Butcher; shewing how he robbed the sheriff of Nottingham. To the Tune of Robin Hood and the Begger.
42. I do.
51. What is price.
104, 114. Then.
121. when misprinted for made.
124. had sold.
181. brother.
183. go on.
193. hath sold.
211. And an.
214. to me.
251. Sheriff wanting.
274. with me.
293. sheriffs.
c.  Title as in b.
2, 8, and after 8, burden: a hey.
51. is ye.
104, 114. Then.
124. had sold.
172. do wanting.
181. brother.
183. go on.
184. costs.
193. hath sold.
212. it please.
213. you wanting.
214. did me.
243. red wanting.
272. pray tell.
293. sheriffs.
d.  Robin Hood and the Butcher. To the Tune of Robin Hood and the Beggar.
Colophon. Printed for I. Clarke, W. Thackeray, and T. Passenger. 1670-86 (?).
Burden. From 21 on, With a hey (not With hey). Also after the fourth line, With a hey, &c.
11,ye.
12,this bower.
14,for wanting.
22. in the.
51. What's the.
52. be it.
73. The.
83. a good.
91. butchers did open.
104. Then.
124. hath sold.
133. of a.
142. will deny.
153. Robin Hood.
164. do wanting.
172. be merry.
181. brothers.
184. pound or.
201. thou wanting: hornd: sheriff then said.
211. A hundred acres.
222. And with.
223. And wanting.
262. blew out.
271. will master said.
272. I pray you come.
273. hither wanting.
281. then wanting.
283. were it but.
294. five for three, wrongly, see 222.
301. he wanting: through.

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