Monday, October 30, 2017

Reading Notes: Robin Hood Part A


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Robin Hood and Little John - Robin Hood meets a stranger on a narrow bridge. Neither will move aside for the other. They each find a staff and decide that whoever falls off the bridge first loses. Robin ends up in the water, then asks the stranger to be his right-hand man. His name was John Little and he was 7 feet tall, so the merry men though it would be funny to rename him Little John. (Crow and Joker)

Allen a Dale - Robin Hood meets Allen a Dale and asks him to give money to the merry men. Allen says he doesn't have any to spare. Robin asks what he'll give him if he reunites Allen with his true love and makes a wedding happen for him. Robin pretends to be a harpist, and tells the bishop that he bride should choose her husband. He calls in 20 men, the first is Allen, her true love. Robin says they should be married. The bishop objects and says they have to be asked 3 times in church. Robin takes the bishop's coat and puts it on Little John who marries them, asking 7 times to be sure.


The English and Scottish Popular Ballads by Francis James Child.

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