Robin Hood and the Prince of Aragon (Roud 3983, Child 129) is an English-language folk song.[1] The song portrays Robin Hood in a tale of chivalrous adventures, such as are uncommon in his ballads, and has seldom been featured in later tales.[2]
Synopsis
editRobin Hood, Will Scadlock and Little John hunt a deer. After they feast, Robin meets a black-dressed woman on a black horse. She tells them that the Prince of Aragon has besieged London to demand the princess for his wife. He will only give it up if champions defeat the prince himself and two giants, and has set a deadline of Midsummer. Robin Hood, Will Scadlock, and Little John arrive just in time; Robin defeats the prince, and his men the giants.
Robin begs, and gets, a pardon for himself and his men. The princess chooses to marry Will. A noble weeps on seeing him, because he had a son much like him, now dead, and Will says that he is that son, still alive. They celebrate the wedding.
References
edit- ^ Francis James Child, The English and Scottish Popular Ballads,"Robin Hood and the Prince of Aragon"
- ^ Holt, J. C. Robin Hood p 165 (1982) Thames & Hudson. ISBN 0-500-27541-6.
External links
edit- Robin Hood and the Prince of Aragon Archived 2006-06-21 at the Wayback Machine
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