Robin Hood and the Scotchman explained

Robin Hood and the Scotchman (Roud 3984, Child 130) is an English folk song, part of the Robin Hood canon.

Synopsis

Robin 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.

External links

• Web site: Robin Hood and the Scotchman — Child's Version A . . Rochester, New York, USA . 12 August 2012 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20080819201954/http://www.lib.rochester.edu/Camelot/rh/chscota.htm . 19 August 2008.
• Web site: Robin Hood and the Scotchman — Child's Version B . . Rochester, New York, USA . 12 August 2012 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20080708203832/http://www.lib.rochester.edu/camelot/rh/chscotb.htm . 8 July 2008.

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