Robin Hood Broadside Ballads from the Seventeenth Century
Broadside ballads appeared not long after the invention of the printing press; they survive from the early sixteenth century. Sold in the streets, fairs, and marketplaces of Britain and Europe, they reached their heyday in England in the seventeenth century. A broadside was typically a large sheet of cheap paper that was printed on one side only; sometimes the sheet was folded one or more times to form a small pamphlet or chapbook. With the event of newspapers and cheap novels and books, the broadside was phased out in the 19th century.
Little John and the Four Beggers
Robin Hood’s Rescuing Will (Stutley)
The Jolly Pinder of Wakefield: with Robin Hood, Scarlet, and John
The Noble Fisherman: Or, Robin Hood’s Preferment
Robin Hoods Progress to Nottingham
The Gang or the Nine Worthies and Champions, Lambert, etc