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Robin Hood and the Scotchman (Roud 3984, Child 130) is an English folk song, part of the Robin Hood canon.[1]
Synopsis
editRobin Hood goes north and meets with a Scot, who wishes to enter his service. Robin refuses, because the Scot will prove false. A fight ensues. One variant is truncated at this point, but the other ends with the man entering his service.
References
edit- ^ Francis James Child (1898). English and Scottish Popular Ballads. Boston, Massachusetts, USA: Houghton, Mifflin and Company. Retrieved 12 August 2012.
External links
edit- "Robin Hood and the Scotchman — Child's Version A". Rochester, New York, USA: University of Rochester. Archived from the original on 19 August 2008. Retrieved 12 August 2012.
- "Robin Hood and the Scotchman — Child's Version B". Rochester, New York, USA: University of Rochester. Archived from the original on 8 July 2008. Retrieved 12 August 2012.
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