The Jolly Pinder of Wakefield
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The Jolly Pinder of Wakefield is Child ballad
124, about Robin Hood
. The oldest manuscript was published in 1632 but is believed to based on works at least a century older. A fragmentary version appears in The Percy Folio.
. Robin, Will Scarlet
, and Little John
hear him. The pinder charges them with leaving the road and going among the corn. They fight with swords.
Robin offers to take him into the band.
The pinder gives them some food and says that when Michaelmas
comes, he will take his fee from his current master and then join them.
Child Ballads
The Child Ballads are a collection of 305 ballads from England and Scotland, and their American variants, collected by Francis James Child in the late nineteenth century...
124, about Robin Hood
Robin Hood
Robin Hood was a heroic outlaw in English folklore. A highly skilled archer and swordsman, he is known for "robbing from the rich and giving to the poor", assisted by a group of fellow outlaws known as his "Merry Men". Traditionally, Robin Hood and his men are depicted wearing Lincoln green clothes....
. The oldest manuscript was published in 1632 but is believed to based on works at least a century older. A fragmentary version appears in The Percy Folio.
Synopsis
A jolly pinder boasts how no one, even a baron, makes a trespass at WakefieldWakefield
Wakefield is the main settlement and administrative centre of the City of Wakefield, a metropolitan district of West Yorkshire, England. Located by the River Calder on the eastern edge of the Pennines, the urban area is and had a population of 76,886 in 2001....
. Robin, Will Scarlet
Will Scarlet
Will Scarlet was a prominent member of Robin Hood's Merry Men. He was present in the earliest ballads along with Little John and Much the Miller's Son....
, and Little John
Little John
Little John was a legendary fellow outlaw of Robin Hood, and was said to be Robin's chief lieutenant and second-in-command of the Merry Men.-Folklore:He appears in the earliest recorded Robin Hood ballads and stories...
hear him. The pinder charges them with leaving the road and going among the corn. They fight with swords.
Robin offers to take him into the band.
The pinder gives them some food and says that when Michaelmas
Michaelmas
Michaelmas, the feast of Saint Michael the Archangel is a day in the Western Christian calendar which occurs on 29 September...
comes, he will take his fee from his current master and then join them.