Robin Hood and the Curtal Friar

"Robin Hood and the Curtal Friar" (Roud 1621, Child 123) is an English-language folk song about Robin Hood.

This ballad appears in earlier and later versions, the earlier one appearing in damaged form in the Percy Folio. As with Robin Hood and Guy of Gisborne the story also appears in May Day plays and there is good reason to think that it goes back to at least the fifteenth century.

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