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Traditional song
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Robin Hood and the Ranger (Roud 933, Child 131) is an English-language folk song.

Synopsis

Robin Hood, going out to hunt deer, meets a forester who forbids him. They fight. Robin is beaten, and blows his horn, summoning his men. He offers to make him one of their company, and they hold a feast.

References

  1. Francis James Child (1898). English and Scottish Popular Ballads. Boston, Massachusetts, USA: Houghton, Mifflin and Company. Retrieved 12 August 2012.
  2. "Robin Hood and the Ranger"
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