INDEX OF TITLESPAGEAdam Bell, Clym of the Clough and William of Cloudesly147Captain Ward and the Rainbow219Gest of Robyn Hode, A1Henry Martyn213John Dory216Johnny o’ Cockley’s Well177Outlaw Murray, The183Robin and Gandeleyn92Robin Hood and Guy of Gisborne128Robin Hood and the Monk96Robin Hood and the Potter113Robin Hood’s Death140Sir Andrew Barton196Sweet Trinity, The224INDEX OF FIRST LINESPAGEAs it befell in midsummer-time197As it fell on a holy-day216Ettrick Forest is a fair forest183I heard a carping of a clerk92In merry Scotland, in merry Scotland213In summer, when the leavës spring113In summer, when the shaws be sheen96I will never eat nor drink, Robin Hood said141Johnny he has risen up i’ the morn178Lythe and listin, gentilmen6Mery it was in grene forest148Sir Walter Raleigh has built a ship225Strike up, you lusty gallants219
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