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Bold Robin Hood : Shipton-under-Wychwood, Oxon. - 1913-1916
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126 : Robin Hood and the Tanner [Ballad] 1663

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Line	Bold Robin Hood : Shipton-under-Wychwood, Oxon. - 1913-1916	126 : Robin Hood and the Tanner [Ballad] 1663
1.	how dirty your house is mrs
2.	let me sweep it up so decent and so clean
3.	all on this merry christmas time
4.	for i have a tanner a coming in
5.	and room he must have
6.	i am a tanner of noting hand	in nottingham there lives a jolly tanner
7.	long time i ve wrote my name bold rauthra band	1. his name is arthur a bland 2. for his name is arthur a bland
8.	i with my long hook spike staff	with a long pikestaff upon his shoulder
9.	so well i clear my way	so well he can clear his way
10.	by two or by three i made them to flee	by two and by three he makes them to flee
11.	for i give them no leave for to stay	for he hath no list to stay
12.	as i was going across mesher wood	1. into the forrest of merry sherwood 2. and in the forrest of merry sherwood
13.	were the red deer which run there and here	1. to view the red deer that range here and there 2. to look to his deer that range here and there
14.	there i spied bold robin hood	there met he with bold robin hood
15.	as soon as bold robin hood he did me spy	as soon as bold robin hood did him espy
16.	some sport he thought for to make	he thought some sport he would make
17.	and thus out of hand he bid me to stand	therefore out of hand he bid him to stand
18.	and thus unto he did speak	and thus to him he spake
19.	who art thou then bold fellow	why what art thou thou bold fellow
20.	that reigns so boldly here	that ranges so boldly here
21.	by theself in the breath the looks like a thief	in sooth to be brief thou lookst like a thief
22.	come to steal our queen s deer	that comes to steal our king s deer
23.	thee bist not the keeper of this forest	if thou beest a keeper in this forrest
24.	nor yet under any command	and hast such a great command
25.	thee must have more protectors in store	yet thou must have more partakers in store
26.	before the before the canst bid me to stand	before thou make me to stand
27.	no more protectors in store	nay i have no more partakers in store
28.	no more have i any need	or any that i do need
29.	for i have a staff and another old craft	1. but i have a staff of another oke graff 2. he took up a staff of another oke graff 3. for i have a staff of another oke graff
30.	sure to do the deed	i know it will do the deed
31.	speak clearly bold fellow	speak cleanly good fellow said jolly robin
32.	give better terms unto me	and give better terms to me
33.	neither will i for thy neglect	else i ll thee correct for thy neglect
34.	i ll make the more manly	and make thee more mannerly
35.	by thee staff and the bow i care not a straw	for thy sword and thy bow i care not a straw
36.	nor all the bow arrows to boot	nor all shine arrows to boot
37.	if thou get a knock all on the brow stock	if i get a knop upon thy bare scop
38.	thou must just as well run as to shoot	thou canst as well shite as shoote
39.	lets measure staffs bold fellow	but let me measure said jolly robin
40.	my staffs eight foot and a half knock down a calf	eight foot and a half it will knock down a calf
41.	i ll worn he ll knock down thee	and i hope it will knock down thee
42.	who s that coming over yonder hill	come tripping down a green hill
43.	little john bold robin hood to fight the for thy fill
44.	what s the matter master	o what is the matter then said little john
45.	pray unto me tell	master i pray you tell
46.	i see thee stand with thee staff in thee hand	why do you stand with your staff in your hand
47.	i fear its all not well	i fear all is not well
48.	this tanner he stands he makes me to stand	o man i do stand and he makes me to stand
49.	he s the tanner hood that stands by my side	the tanner that stands thee beside
50.	he s a bonny blade in his masters trade	he is a bonny blade and master of his trade
51.	so well he a tanned me hide	for soundly he hath tand my hide
52.	the must be condemned bold fellow	he is to be commended then said little john
53.	if thou so feat to do	if such a feat he can do
54.	if the lookst so stout thee and i ll have a bout	if he be so stout we will have a bout
55.	and thee shalt tan my hide too	and he shall tan my hide too
56.	five pounds for a good doctor
57.	ten pounds for a good doctor if he was but here
58.	doctor quick saddle thee horse and brush away
59.	hold my horse jack
60.	i got him fast by the tail
61.	he come i old doctor good
62.	must i command thee bold robin hood
63.	were cost thee come from
64.	from ome
65.	what canst thee do
66.	cure a jackdaw with the tooth ache
67.	how cost do that
68.	but his yud off
69.	and throw his body in the ditch
70.	any body could do that
71.	i got a box of pills to cure all ills
72.	i cured old jig me joles wife
73.	with the roomatis in neran of her elbows
74.	swelled up as big as the stom a to bacco pipes
75.	she died poor old souled that was nt my fault
76.	i can cure the itch the stitch the palsy and the ghout
77.	pains within pains without
78.	and all the rantantorious boxes
79.	i can cure this man if he s not quite dead
80.	if he ll rise up and take one of my pills
81.	so little john rise up thy head
82.	i travelled through england through scotland and france
83.	know me little john lets have a english dance
84.	green sleeve and yellow lace
85.	four monkeys dance apace
86.	know here come i old beelzebub
87.	on me i cars me club
88.	in me hand dripping pan
89.	don t he think i m a jolly old man
90.	last christmas day i turned the spit
91.	i burned me finger i feels it hit
92.	the pot lid buat the ladel aye
93.	aye says the grid iron cant you to agree
94.	i m the justice bring hum to me
95.	in comes the fryin pan with his long tail
96.	and swer s if the cant agree i ll send hum all to jail

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