The Jolly Pinder of Wakefield

The Jolly Pinder of Wakefield (Roud 3981, Child 124) is an English-language folk song about Robin Hood. The oldest manuscript of this English broadside ballad, according to the University of Rochester, dates back to 1557,[1] and a fragment of the ballad appears also in the Percy Folio. Copies of the ballad can be found at the National Library of Scotland, the British Library, and Magdalene College. Alternatively, online facsimiles of the ballad are available for public consumption.[2]

  1. ^ Middle English Text Series. "The Jolly Pinder of Wakefield, an Introduction". Retrieved 8 September 2014.
  2. ^ English Broadside Ballad Archive. "The Jolly Pinder of Wakefield". Retrieved 8 September 2014.