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The Ballad Of Robert Hode (song version]

by Ian Whiteley

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The Ballad of Robert Hode

 

In the year of 1332

After the Despenser War

Robert Hode of Wakefield

Become a famed outlaw

He’d been an archer for Lancaster

(who was executed by the king)

And had his lands forfeited

For daring to fight for him

 

Now you may know him better

By the name of Robin Hood

Who some say came from Nottingham

But I would say you should

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