18^1. said bold. 18^4. I’ll. 20^3. the whole. 21^2. with the. 21^3. beer and. 21^4. take of the. 22^2. a _wanting_. 23^4. They would. #e.# _Burden_: With a hey down down derry down: _or_ Hey down derry derry down. 1^1. circle. 1^3. he _wanting_: ramble away. 2^3. he did. 2^4. whither. 3^1. quoth Robin _wanting_. 3^3. ere. 5^2. here _wanting_. 6^2. so is. 7^1. he _wanting_. 8^2. neer. 8^3. he’d. 8^4. thus _wanting_. 9^3. his head. 10^1. soon recovered. 10^3. they broke. 11^1. then _wanting_. 12^1. many hard blows. 13^4. He cry’d. 15^4. whole _wanting_. 16^1. set his brave. 16^2. blast then. 16^3. and soon. 16^4. An. 18^1. said bold. 18^3. and a bow. 18^4. I’ll. 20^1. were in. 20^3. the whole. 21^2. with the. 22^2. a _wanting_. #f.# 1^1. ickles of ice. 1^3. would frolicksome be. 1^4. And ramble about with his bow. 2^4. whither. 8^1. Hood _wanting_. 8^3. he’d. 10^1. recovered. 10^3. they broke. 10^4. Yet neither of them were slain. 11^2. the other. 12^1. very hard blows. 12^4. this combat. 13^4. He cry’d. 14^1. And live. 18^1. said bold. 19^4. a good. 21^2. As when. 21^3. beer and. 132 THE BOLD PEDLAR AND ROBIN HOOD J. H. Dixon, Ancient Poems, Ballads, and Songs of the Peasantry of England, p. 71, Percy Society, vol. xvii, 1846. “An aged female in Bermondsey, Surrey, from whose oral recitation the editor took down the present version, informed him, that she had often heard her grandmother sing it, and that it was never in print; but he has of late met with several common stall copies.” Robin Hood and Little John fall in with a pedlar. Little John asks what goods he carries, and says he will have half his pack. The pedlar says he shall have the whole if he can make him give a perch of ground. They fight, and John cries Hold. Robin Hood undertakes the pedlar, and in turn cries Hold. Robin asks the pedlar’s name. He will not give it till they have told theirs, and when they have so done says it still lies with him to tell or not. However, he is Gamble Gold, forced to flee his country for killing a man. If you are Gamble Gold, says Robin, you are my own cousin. They go to a tavern and dine and drink. Stanzas 11, 12, 15 recall Robin Hood’s Delight, No 136, 19, 20, 24; 13, 14 Robin Hood Revived, No 128, 17, 18. As remarked under No 128, this is a traditional variation of Robin Hood Revived.