Come listen to me, you gallants so free,All you that love mirth for to hear,And I will tell you of a bold outlaw,That lived in Nottinghamshire.As Robin Hood in the forest stood,All under the greenwood tree,There he was aware of a brave young man,As fine as fine might be.The youngster was clad in scarlet red,In scarlet fine and gay;And he did frisk it over the plain,And chaunted a roundelay.As Robin Hood next morning stoodAmongst the leaves so gay,There did he espy the same young manCome drooping along the way.The scarlet he wore the day beforeIt was clean cast away;And at every step he fetched a sigh"Alas! and a-well-a-day!"Then stepped forth brave Little John,And Midge, the miller's son;Which made the young man bend his bow,When he saw them come."Stand off! stand off!" the young man said,"What is your will with me?""You must come before our master straight,Under yon greenwood tree."And when he came bold Robin before,Robin asked him courteously,"Oh, hast thou any money to spare,For my merry men and me?""I have no money," the young man said,"But five shillings and a ring;And that I have kept this seven long years,To have at my wedding."Yesterday I should have married a maid,But she was from me ta'en,And chosen to be an old knight's delight,Whereby my poor heart is slain.""What is thy name?" then said Robin Hood,"Come tell me, without any fail.""By the faith of my body," then said the young man,"My name it is Allen-a-Dale.""What wilt thou give me," said Robin Hood,"In ready gold or fee,To help thee to thy true love again,And deliver her unto thee?""I have no money," then quoth the young man,"In ready gold nor fee,But I will swear upon a bookThy true servant for to be.""How many miles is it to thy true love?Come tell me without guile.""By the faith of my body," then said the young man,"It is but five little mile."Then Robin he hasted over the plain;He did neither stint nor lin,Until he came unto the churchWhere Allen should keep his weddin'."What dost thou here?" the bishop then said,"I prithee now tell unto me.""I am a bold harper," quoth Robin Hood,"And the best in the north country.""Oh welcome, oh welcome," the bishop he said:"That music best pleaseth me.""You shall have no music," said Robin Hood,"Till the bride and bridegroom I see."With that came in a wealthy knight,Which was both grave and old,And after him a finikin lass,Did shine like the glistering gold."This is not a fit match," quoth Robin Hood,"That you do seem to make here,For since we are come into the church,The bride shall choose her own dear."Then Robin Hood put his horn to his mouth,And blew blasts two or three;When four-and-twenty yeomen boldCame leaping over the lea.And when they came into the churchyard,Marching all in a row,The first man was Allen-a-DaleTo give bold Robin his bow."This is thy true love," Robin he said,"Young Allen, as I hear say;And you shall be married this same time,Before we depart away.""That shall not be," the bishop cried,"For thy word shall not stand;They shall be three times ask'd in the church,As the law is of our land."Robin Hood pull'd off the bishop's coat,And put it upon Little John;"By the faith of my body," then Robin said,"This cloth doth make thee a man."When Little John went into the quire,The people began to laugh;He asked them seven times into church,Lest three times should not be enough."Who gives me this maid?" said Little John,Quoth Robin Hood, "That do I;And he that takes her from Allen-a-Dale,Full dearly he shall buy."And then having ended this merry wedding,The bride looked like a queen;And so they returned to the merry greenwood,Amongst the leaves so green.
Come listen to me, you gallants so free,All you that love mirth for to hear,And I will tell you of a bold outlaw,That lived in Nottinghamshire.
As Robin Hood in the forest stood,All under the greenwood tree,There he was aware of a brave young man,As fine as fine might be.
The youngster was clad in scarlet red,In scarlet fine and gay;And he did frisk it over the plain,And chaunted a roundelay.
As Robin Hood next morning stoodAmongst the leaves so gay,There did he espy the same young manCome drooping along the way.
The scarlet he wore the day beforeIt was clean cast away;And at every step he fetched a sigh"Alas! and a-well-a-day!"
Then stepped forth brave Little John,And Midge, the miller's son;Which made the young man bend his bow,When he saw them come.
"Stand off! stand off!" the young man said,"What is your will with me?""You must come before our master straight,Under yon greenwood tree."
And when he came bold Robin before,Robin asked him courteously,"Oh, hast thou any money to spare,For my merry men and me?"
"I have no money," the young man said,"But five shillings and a ring;And that I have kept this seven long years,To have at my wedding.
"Yesterday I should have married a maid,But she was from me ta'en,And chosen to be an old knight's delight,Whereby my poor heart is slain."
"What is thy name?" then said Robin Hood,"Come tell me, without any fail.""By the faith of my body," then said the young man,"My name it is Allen-a-Dale."
"What wilt thou give me," said Robin Hood,"In ready gold or fee,To help thee to thy true love again,And deliver her unto thee?"
"I have no money," then quoth the young man,"In ready gold nor fee,But I will swear upon a bookThy true servant for to be."
"How many miles is it to thy true love?Come tell me without guile.""By the faith of my body," then said the young man,"It is but five little mile."
Then Robin he hasted over the plain;He did neither stint nor lin,Until he came unto the churchWhere Allen should keep his weddin'.
"What dost thou here?" the bishop then said,"I prithee now tell unto me.""I am a bold harper," quoth Robin Hood,"And the best in the north country."
"Oh welcome, oh welcome," the bishop he said:"That music best pleaseth me.""You shall have no music," said Robin Hood,"Till the bride and bridegroom I see."
With that came in a wealthy knight,Which was both grave and old,And after him a finikin lass,Did shine like the glistering gold.
"This is not a fit match," quoth Robin Hood,"That you do seem to make here,For since we are come into the church,The bride shall choose her own dear."
Then Robin Hood put his horn to his mouth,And blew blasts two or three;When four-and-twenty yeomen boldCame leaping over the lea.
And when they came into the churchyard,Marching all in a row,The first man was Allen-a-DaleTo give bold Robin his bow.
"This is thy true love," Robin he said,"Young Allen, as I hear say;And you shall be married this same time,Before we depart away."
"That shall not be," the bishop cried,"For thy word shall not stand;They shall be three times ask'd in the church,As the law is of our land."
Robin Hood pull'd off the bishop's coat,And put it upon Little John;"By the faith of my body," then Robin said,"This cloth doth make thee a man."
When Little John went into the quire,The people began to laugh;He asked them seven times into church,Lest three times should not be enough.
"Who gives me this maid?" said Little John,Quoth Robin Hood, "That do I;And he that takes her from Allen-a-Dale,Full dearly he shall buy."
And then having ended this merry wedding,The bride looked like a queen;And so they returned to the merry greenwood,Amongst the leaves so green.
—Author Unknown.
5c—Supplementary Readers And Classics for All Grades—5c
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*6 Fairy Stories of the Moon*27 Eleven Fables from Æsop*23 More Fables from Æsop*29 Indian Myths—Bush*140 Nursery Tales—Taylor*288 Primer from Fableland—Maguire
*1 Little Plant People—Part I*2 Little Plant People—Part II*30 Story of a Sunbeam—Miller*31 Kitty Mittens and Her Friends
*32 Patriotic Stories (Story of the Flag, Story of Washington, etc.)
*104 Mother Goose Reader*228 First Term Primer—Maguire*230 Rhyme and Jingle Reader for Beginners
*33 Stories from Andersen—Taylor*34 Stories from Grimm—Taylor*36 Little Red Riding Hood—Reiter*37 Jack and the Beanstalk—Reiter*38 Adventures of a Brownie
*3 Little Workers (Animal Stories)*39 Little Wood Friends—Mayne*40 Wings and Stings—Halifax*41 Story of Wool—Mayne*42 Bird Stories from the Poets
*43 Story of the Mayflower—McCabe*45 Boyhood of Washington—Reiter*204 Boyhood of Lincoln—Reiter
*72 Bow-Wow and Mew-Mew—Craik*142 Child's Garden of Verses—Stevenson*206 Picture Study Stories for Little Children*220 Story of the Christ Child*262 Four Little Cotton-Tails—Smith*268 Four Little Cotton Tails in Winter—Smith*269 Four Little Cotton Tails at Play—Smith*270 Four Little Cotton-Tails in Vacation—Smith*290 Fuzz in Japan—A Child-Life Reader
*46 Puss in Boots and Cinderella*47 Greek Myths—Klingensmith*48 Nature Myths—Metcalf*50 Reynard the Fox—Best*102 Thumbelina and Dream Stories*146 Sleeping Beauty and Other Stories174 Sun Myths—Reiter175 Norse Legends, I—Reiter176 Norse Legends, II—Reiter*177 Legends of the Rhineland—McCabe*282 Siegfried, The Lorelei, and Other Rhine Legends—McCabe
*49 Buds, Stems and Fruits—Mayne*51 Story of Flax—Mayne*52 Story of Glass—Hanson*53 Adventures of a Little Water Drop—Mayne*133 Aunt Martha's Corner Cupboard—Part I. Story of Tea and the Teacup*135 Little People of the Hills (Dry Air and Dry Soil Plants)—Chase*137 Aunt Martha's Corner Cupboard—Part II. Story of Sugar, Coffee and Salt*138 Aunt Martha's Corner Cupboard—Part III. Story of Rice, Currants and Honey*203 Little Plant People of the Waterways—Chase
*4 Story of Washington—Reiter*7 Story of Longfellow—McCabe*21 Story of the Pilgrims—Powers*44 Famous Early Americans (Smith, Standish, Penn)—Bush*54 Story of Columbus—McCabe55 Story of Whittier—McCabe57 Story of Louisa M. Alcott—Bush*59 Story of the Boston Tea Party—McCabe*60 Children of the Northland—Bush*62 Children of the South Lands—I (Florida, Cuba, Puerto Rico)*63 Children of the South Lands—II (Africa, Hawaii, The Philippines)—McFee*64 Child Life in the Colonies—I (New Amsterdam)—Baker*65 Child Life in the Colonies—II (Pennsylvania)—Baker*66 Child Life in the Colonies—III (Virginia)*68 Stories of the Revolution—I (Ethan Allen and the Green Mountain Boys)—McCabe*69 Stories of the Revolution—II (Around Philadelphia)—McCabe*70 Stories of the Revolution—III (Marion, the Swamp Fox)—McCabe*132 Story of Franklin—Faris*164 The Little Brown Baby and Other Babies*165 Gemila, the Child of the Desert, and some of Her Sisters*166 Louise on the Rhine and in Her New Home.(Nos. 161, 163, 166 are the stories from "Seven Little Sisters" by Jane Andrews)*167 Famous Artists—I—(Landseer and Bonheur)
*35 Goody Two Shoes58 Selections from Alice and Phoebe Cary*67 The Story of Robinson Crusoe*71 Selections from Hiawatha (Five Grades)*227 Our Animal Friends and How to Treat Them*233 Poems Worth Knowing—Book I—Primary
*75 Story of Coal—McKane*76 Story of Wheat—Halifax*77 Story of Cotton—Brown*134 Conquests of Little Plant People*136 Peeps into Bird Nooks—I—McFee*181 Stories of the Stars—McFee*205 Eyes and No Eyes and The Three Giants
*5 Story of Lincoln—Reiter*56 Indian Children Tales—Bush*78 Stories of the Backwoods*79 A Little New England Viking—Baker*81 Story of De Soto—Halfield*82 Story of Daniel Boone—Reiter*83 Story of Printing—McCabe*84 Story of David Crockett—Reiter85 Story of Patrick Henry*86 American Inventors—I (Whitney and Fulton)—Faris*87 American Inventors—II (Morse and Edison)—Faris*88 American Naval Heroes (Jones, Perry, Farragut)—Bush89 Fremont and Kit Carson—Judd*91 Story of Eugene Field—McCabe*178 Story of Lexington and Bunker Hill—Baker*182 Story of Joan of Arc—McFee*207 Famous Artists—II—Reynolds and Murillo*213 Famous Artists—III—Millet*248 Makers of European History
*90 Fifteen Selections from Longfellow—(Village Blacksmith, Children's Hour, and others)*95 Japanese Myths and Legends103 Stories from the Old Testament*111 Water Babies (Abridged)*159 Little Lame Prince (Cond.)—Mulock*171 Tolmi of the Treetops—Grimes*172 Labu the Little Lake Dweller—Grimes*173 Tara of the Tents—Grimes*195 Night before Christmas and Other Christmas Poems and Stories (Any Grade)*201 Alice's First Adventures in Wonderland*202 Alice's Further Adventures in Wonderland—Carroll*258 Rolo the Cave Boy—Grimes*257 Kwasa the Cliff Dweller—Grimes
*92 Animal Life in the Sea—McFee*93 Story of Silk—Brown*94 Story of Sugar—Reiter*96 What We Drink (Tea, Coffee and Cocoa)*139 Peeps into Bird Nooks—II210 Snowdrops and Crocuses263 The Sky Family—Denton*280 Making of the World—Herndon*281 Builders of the World—Herndon*283 Stories of Time—Bush
*16 Explorations of the Northwest80 Story of the Cabots—McBride*97 Story of the Norsemen—Hanson98 Story of Nathan Hale—McCabe99 Story of Jefferson—McCabe100 Story of Bryant—McFee101 Story of Robert E. Lee—McKane105 Story of Canada—McCabe*106 Story of Mexico—McCabe*107 Story of Robert Louis Stevenson110 Story of Hawthorne—McFee112 Biographical Stories—Hawthorne141 Story of Grant—McKane*144 Story of Steam—McCabe145 Story of McKinley—McBride157 Story of Dickens—Smith*179 Story of the Flag—Baker*185 Story of the First Crusade190 Story of Father Hennepin191 Story of LaSalle—McBride*217 Story of Florence Nightingale*28 Story of Peter Cooper—McFee219 Little Stories Of Discovery—Halsey232 Story of Shakespeare—Grames*265 Four Little Discoverers in Panama—Bush*287 Life in Colonial Days—Tillinghast
*8 King of the Golden River—Ruskin*9 The Golden Touch—Hawthorne*61 Story of Sindbad the Sailor*108 History in Verse (Sheridan's Ride, Independence Bell, the Blue and the Gray, etc.)*113 Little Daffydowndilly and Other Stories—Hawthorne*180 Story of Aladdin and of Ali Baba*183 A Dog of Flanders—De La Ramee*184 The Nurnberg Stove—La Ramee*186 Heroes from King Arthur—Graves194 Whittier's Poems—Selected.*199 Jackanapes—Ewing*200 The Child of Urbino—La Ramee*208 Heroes of Asgard—Selections—Keary*212 Stories from Robin Hood—Bush*234 Poems Worth Knowing—Book II—Intermediate—Faxon255 Chinese Fables and Stories277 At the Back of the North Wind, Selection from—Macdonald.
*109 Gifts of the Forests (Rubber, Cinchona, Resins, etc.)—McFee249 Flowers and Birds of Illinois—Patterson
*271 Animal Husbandry—Horses and Cattle*272 Animal Husbandry—Sheep and Swine
*114 Great European Cities—I (London and Paris)—Bush*115 Great European Cities—II (Rome and Berlin)—Bush*168 Great European Cities—III (St. Petersburg and Constantinople)—Bush*246 What I Saw in Japan—Griffis*247 The Chinese and Their Country*285 Story of Panama and the Canal—Nida
*73 Four Great Musicians—Bush*74 Four More Great Musicians*116 Old English Heroes (Alfred, Richard the Lion-Hearted, The Black Prince)—Bush*117 Later English Heroes (Cromwell, Wellington, Gladstone)—Bush*160 Heroes of the Revolution*163 Stories of Courage—Bush187 Lives of Webster and Clay*188 Story of Napoleon—Bush*189 Stories of Heroism—Bush197 Story of Lafayette—Bush198 Story of Roger Williams—Leighton*209 Lewis and Clark Expedition*224 Story of William Tell—Hallock253 Story of the Aeroplane—Galbreath*266 Story of Belgium—Griffis267 Story of Wheels—Bush*286 Story of Slavery—Booker T. Washington
508 Story of Florida—Bauskett509 Story of Georgia—Derry511 Story of Illinois—Smith512 Story of Indiana—Clem513 Story of Iowa—McFee515 Story of Kentucky—Eubank520 Story of Michigan—Skinner521 Story of Minnesota—Skinner523 Story of Missouri—Pierce*525 Story of Nebraska—Mears.*528 Story of New Jersey—Hutchinson533 Story of Ohio—Galbreath*536 Story of Pennsylvania—March540 Story of Tennessee—Overall542 Story of Utah—Young546 Story of West Virginia—Shawkey547 Story of Wisconsin—Skinner
*10 The Snow Image—Hawthorne*11 Rip Van Winkle—Irving*12 Legend of Sleepy Hollow—Irving*22 Rab and His Friends—Brown*24 Three Golden Apples—Hawthorne†*25 The Miraculous Pitcher—Hawthorne†*26 The Minotaur—Hawthorne*118 A Tale of the White Hills and Other Stories—Hawthorne*119 Bryant's Thanatopsis, and other Poems*120 Ten Selections from Longfellow—(Paul Revere's Ride, The Skeleton in Armour, and other poems)121 Selections from Holmes (The Wonderful One Hoss Shay, Old Ironsides, and others)*122 The Pied Piper of Hamelin161 The Great Carbuncle, Mr. Higginbotham's Catastrophe, Snowflakes—Hawthorne162 The Pygmies—Hawthorne*211 The Golden Fleece—Hawthorne*222 Kingsley's Greek Heroes—Part I. The Story of Perseus*223 Kingsley's Greek Heroes—Part II. The Story of Theseus*225 Tennyson's Poems—Selected (For various grades)229 Responsive Bible Readings—Zeller264 The Story of Don Quixote—Bush250 Thrift Stories—Benj. Franklin and Others278 A Child's Dream of a Star, and other Stories*284 Story of Little Nell—Dickens
*13 Courtship of Miles Standish*14 Evangeline—Longfellow†*15 Snowbound—Whittier†*20 The Great Stone Face, Rill from the Town Pump—Hawthorne123 Selections from Wordsworth (Ode on Immortality, We are Seven, To the Cuckoo, and other poems)124 Selections from Shelley and Keats125 Selections from The Merchant of Venice*147 Story of King Arthur, as told by Tennyson—Hallock*149 Man Without a Country, The—Hale†*192 Story of Jean Valjean—Grames*193 Selections from the Sketch Book—Irving196 The Gray Champion—Hawthorne213 Poems of Thomas Moore—(Selected)214 More Selections from the Sketch Book—Irving*216 Lamb's Tales from Shakespeare—Selected*231 The Oregon Trail (Condensed from Parkman)—Grames*235 Poems Worth Knowing—Book III—Grammar—Faxon*238 Lamb's Adventures of Ulysses—Part I*239 Lamb's Adventures of Ulysses—Part II*241 Story of the Iliad—Church(Cond.)*242 Story of the Æneid—Church(Cond.)*251 Story of Language and Literature—Heilig*252 The Battle of Waterloo—Hugo254 Story of "The Talisman" (Scott)—Weekes*259 The Last of the Mohicans (abridged)261 Selected Tales of a Wayside Inn—Longfellow†*260 Oliver Twist (abridged)—Dickens
226 Mars and Its Mysteries—Wilson279 True Story of the Man in the Moon—Wilson
*17 Enoch Arden—Tennyson†*18 Vision of Sir Launfal—Lowell†*19 Cotter's Saturday Night—Burns†*23 The Deserted Village—Goldsmith*126 Rime of the Ancient Mariner †*127 Gray's Elegy and Other Poems*128 Speeches of Lincoln129 Julius Cæsar—Selections130 Henry the VIII—Selections131 Macbeth—Selections*142 Scott's Lady of the Lake—Canto I †154 Scott's Lady of the Lake—Canto II †143 Building of the Ship and other Poems—Longfellow148 Horatius, Ivry, The Armada—Macaulay*150 Bunker Hill Address and Selections from Adams and Jefferson Oration—Webster†*151 Gold Bug, The—Poe153 Prisoner of Chillon and other poems—Byron†155 Rhoecus and Other Poems—Lowell†156 Edgar Allan Poe—Biography and selected poems—Link*158 Washington's Farewell Address and Other Papers †169 Abram Joseph Ryan—Biography and selected poems—Smith170 Paul H. Hayne—Biography and selected poems—Link215 Life of Samuel Johnson—Macaulay†*221 Sir Roger de Coverley Papers—Addison†*236 Poems Worth Knowing—Book IV—Advanced—Faxon237 Lay of the Last Minstrel—Scott. Introduction and Canto I †
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