Recordings & Info 134. Robin Hood & the Beggar II
[There are no known traditional US or Canadian versions of this ballad; also- no known recordings.]
CONTENTS:
1) Alternative Titles
2) Traditional Ballad Index
ATTACHED PAGES: (see left hand column)
1) Roud No. 3392: Robin Hood and the Beggar II (7 Listings)
Alternative Titles
Robin Hood and the Beggar
Traditional Ballad Index: Robin Hood and the Beggar (II) [Child 134]
DESCRIPTION: Robin asks money of a beggar who answers disdainfully. They fight. The beggar wins and goes off. Robin is found by three of his men. He sends two to avenge his disgrace. They ambush the beggar, but he bribes and tricks them and gets away.
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1795
KEYWORDS: Robinhood fight rescue escape trick money
FOUND IN: Britain(Scotland)
REFERENCES (4 citations):
Child 134, "Robin Hood and the Beggar II" (1 text)
Bronson 134, "Robin Hood and the Beggar II" (1 version)
GreigDuncan2 264, "Robin Hood and the Beggar" (1 fragment)
Leach, pp. 388-397, "Robin Hood and the Beggar, II" (1 text)
Roud #3392
NOTES: For background on the Robin Hood legend, see the notes on "A Gest of Robyn Hode" [Child 117].
Fully half the Robin Hood ballads in the Child collection (numbers (121 -- the earliest and most basic example of the type), 123, 124, 125, 126, 127, 128, 130, 131, 132, (133), (134), (135), (136), (137), (150)) share all or part of the theme of a stranger meeting and defeating Robin, and being invited to join his band. Most of these are late, but it makes one wonder if Robin ever won a battle. - RBW