Robin Hood And The Peddlar Chords by Barry Dransfield
Tempo:
123.3 bpm
Chords used:
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Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[E]
It's of a [B] peddler, a peddler [E]
bold, A peddler bold there chance [Bm] to be.
He took his pack all on [D] his back, [E] And merrily trudged orderly.
By chance he met with two troublesome men, Two troublesome [F#]
[B] men there chance [Bm] to be.
And one of them was [E] bold Robin Hood, [E] The other one was little John Sir Free.
[Em] O peddler, peddler, what is [B] in thy pack?
Come speedily [E] and tell to [Bm] me.
Are several [E] suits of the gay [D] green cloth, [Em] And silk and bowstrings [A] to a three.
[Em]
If you've several suits of the [E] gay green cloth, And silk and bowstrings [Bm] to a three,
Then by me [G] body, says [D] little John, One [E] half your pack [E] it shall belong to me.
O no, O no, [A] cries the peddler [E] bold, O no, O [B] no, that ne'er [Bm] could be.
There's never [G] a man in all [D] Nottingham [E] Can take one half of my pack from me.
[B]
The peddler he's pulled off his back, [G] Put it a [E] little below his [Bm] knee.
Saying, [G] if you do move [E] me one perch from this, My [Em] pack and [D] all it shall go with thee.
[E]
Then little [B] John he's drawn his [Em] sword, The peddler [E] by his pack [Bm] did stand.
They [G] fought until [E] they both did sweat, Till he cries, peddler, [E] pray hold thy hand.
And Robin Hood, who'd been standing by, [G] Well he did laugh [E] most [Bm] heartily.
I could find a [E] man of much smaller scale, That [Em] could thrash the peddler and [E] also thee.
Go try you master, [B] says little [E] John, [G] And go you try right [Bm] speedily.
For by me body, [E] says little John, I [Em] know this night [E] you will [F#] know me.
[E]
Then Robin Hood [A] he's drawn his [E] sword, [G] The peddler by [B] his pack did [Bm] stand.
They fought until [B] the blood in [D] streams did flow, [Em] Till he cries, peddler, pray hold thy [E] hand.
Oh peddler, peddler, [Bm] what is thy [E] name?
Come [E] speedily and tell [Bm] to me.
Well now my name I could never [D] tell, [E] Till both your names [D] you have told me.
Oh the one of us is called Robin [E] Hood, The other one's little [Bm] John Supree.
Then said the [B] peddler, it lays to my good will, Whether my name I choose to [Em] tell thee.
[E]
I'm Gamble Gold [A] of the Gay Green [D] Woods, [Em] Travelled far [Bm] beyond the sea.
For [G] killing a man [B] in my father's [D] land, Far [E] from the country [A] I was forced [E] to flee.
If you're Gamble [D] Gold of the Gay Green Woods, Travelled [Bm] far beyond the sea,
You are [G] my mother's own [D] sister's son, [Em] What nearer cousins [E] could we be?
[B]
[F#] [D] [Em]
[E] They sheathed their swords' eye with friendly words, [A] So [G] merrily they did [Bm] agree.
They went to an [B] alehouse and there [D] they dined, [E] And crackhead bottles right [F#] merrily.
It's of a [B] peddler, a peddler [E]
bold, A peddler bold there chance [Bm] to be.
He took his pack all on [D] his back, [E] And merrily trudged orderly.
By chance he met with two troublesome men, Two troublesome [F#]
[B] men there chance [Bm] to be.
And one of them was [E] bold Robin Hood, [E] The other one was little John Sir Free.
[Em] O peddler, peddler, what is [B] in thy pack?
Come speedily [E] and tell to [Bm] me.
Are several [E] suits of the gay [D] green cloth, [Em] And silk and bowstrings [A] to a three.
[Em]
If you've several suits of the [E] gay green cloth, And silk and bowstrings [Bm] to a three,
Then by me [G] body, says [D] little John, One [E] half your pack [E] it shall belong to me.
O no, O no, [A] cries the peddler [E] bold, O no, O [B] no, that ne'er [Bm] could be.
There's never [G] a man in all [D] Nottingham [E] Can take one half of my pack from me.
[B]
The peddler he's pulled off his back, [G] Put it a [E] little below his [Bm] knee.
Saying, [G] if you do move [E] me one perch from this, My [Em] pack and [D] all it shall go with thee.
[E]
Then little [B] John he's drawn his [Em] sword, The peddler [E] by his pack [Bm] did stand.
They [G] fought until [E] they both did sweat, Till he cries, peddler, [E] pray hold thy hand.
And Robin Hood, who'd been standing by, [G] Well he did laugh [E] most [Bm] heartily.
I could find a [E] man of much smaller scale, That [Em] could thrash the peddler and [E] also thee.
Go try you master, [B] says little [E] John, [G] And go you try right [Bm] speedily.
For by me body, [E] says little John, I [Em] know this night [E] you will [F#] know me.
[E]
Then Robin Hood [A] he's drawn his [E] sword, [G] The peddler by [B] his pack did [Bm] stand.
They fought until [B] the blood in [D] streams did flow, [Em] Till he cries, peddler, pray hold thy [E] hand.
Oh peddler, peddler, [Bm] what is thy [E] name?
Come [E] speedily and tell [Bm] to me.
Well now my name I could never [D] tell, [E] Till both your names [D] you have told me.
Oh the one of us is called Robin [E] Hood, The other one's little [Bm] John Supree.
Then said the [B] peddler, it lays to my good will, Whether my name I choose to [Em] tell thee.
[E]
I'm Gamble Gold [A] of the Gay Green [D] Woods, [Em] Travelled far [Bm] beyond the sea.
For [G] killing a man [B] in my father's [D] land, Far [E] from the country [A] I was forced [E] to flee.
If you're Gamble [D] Gold of the Gay Green Woods, Travelled [Bm] far beyond the sea,
You are [G] my mother's own [D] sister's son, [Em] What nearer cousins [E] could we be?
[B]
[F#] [D] [Em]
[E] They sheathed their swords' eye with friendly words, [A] So [G] merrily they did [Bm] agree.
They went to an [B] alehouse and there [D] they dined, [E] And crackhead bottles right [F#] merrily.
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_ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _
_ It's of a [B] peddler, a peddler [E]
bold, A peddler bold there chance [Bm] to be.
He took his pack all on [D] his back, [E] And merrily trudged orderly.
By chance he met with two troublesome men, Two troublesome [F#]
[B] men there chance [Bm] to be.
And one of them was [E] bold Robin Hood, [E] The other one was little John Sir Free.
[Em] _ _ O peddler, peddler, what is [B] in thy pack?
Come speedily [E] and tell to [Bm] me.
Are several [E] suits of the gay [D] green cloth, [Em] And silk and bowstrings [A] to a three.
[Em] _
_ _ _ _ If you've several suits of the [E] gay green cloth, And silk and bowstrings [Bm] to a three,
Then by me [G] body, says [D] little John, One [E] half your pack [E] it shall belong to me.
O no, O no, [A] cries the peddler [E] bold, O no, O [B] no, that ne'er [Bm] could be.
There's never [G] a man in all [D] Nottingham [E] Can take one half of my pack from _ me.
_ [B] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ The peddler he's pulled off his back, [G] Put it a [E] little below his [Bm] knee.
Saying, [G] if you do move [E] me one perch from this, My [Em] pack and [D] all it shall go with thee.
[E] _ _
Then little [B] John he's drawn his [Em] sword, The peddler [E] by his pack [Bm] did stand.
They [G] fought until [E] they both did sweat, Till he cries, peddler, [E] pray hold thy hand. _ _ _ _ _ _
And Robin Hood, who'd been standing by, [G] Well he did laugh [E] most [Bm] heartily.
I could find a [E] man of much smaller scale, That [Em] could thrash the peddler and [E] also thee. _
Go try you master, [B] says little [E] John, [G] And go you try right [Bm] speedily.
For by me body, [E] says little John, I [Em] know this night [E] you will [F#] know me.
_ _ _ _ [E] _
_ _ _ Then Robin Hood [A] he's drawn his [E] sword, [G] The peddler by [B] his pack did [Bm] stand.
They fought until [B] the blood in [D] streams did flow, [Em] Till he cries, peddler, pray hold thy [E] hand.
_ _ _ Oh peddler, peddler, [Bm] what is thy [E] name?
Come [E] speedily and tell [Bm] to me.
Well now my name I could never [D] tell, [E] Till both your names [D] you have told me.
Oh the one of us is called Robin [E] Hood, The other one's little [Bm] John Supree.
Then said the [B] peddler, it lays to my good will, Whether my name I choose to [Em] tell thee.
_ _ _ _ [E] _
_ _ _ I'm Gamble Gold [A] of the Gay Green [D] Woods, [Em] Travelled far [Bm] beyond the sea.
For [G] killing a man [B] in my father's [D] land, Far [E] from the country [A] I was forced [E] to flee. _ _ _
If you're Gamble [D] Gold of the Gay Green Woods, Travelled [Bm] far beyond the sea,
You are [G] my mother's own [D] sister's son, [Em] What nearer cousins [E] could we be?
_ _ _ _ [B] _ _
[F#] _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ [Em] _
_ _ [E] _ _ _ _ They sheathed their swords' eye with friendly words, [A] So [G] merrily they did [Bm] agree.
They went to an [B] alehouse and there [D] they dined, [E] And crackhead bottles right [F#] merrily.
_ It's of a [B] peddler, a peddler [E]
bold, A peddler bold there chance [Bm] to be.
He took his pack all on [D] his back, [E] And merrily trudged orderly.
By chance he met with two troublesome men, Two troublesome [F#]
[B] men there chance [Bm] to be.
And one of them was [E] bold Robin Hood, [E] The other one was little John Sir Free.
[Em] _ _ O peddler, peddler, what is [B] in thy pack?
Come speedily [E] and tell to [Bm] me.
Are several [E] suits of the gay [D] green cloth, [Em] And silk and bowstrings [A] to a three.
[Em] _
_ _ _ _ If you've several suits of the [E] gay green cloth, And silk and bowstrings [Bm] to a three,
Then by me [G] body, says [D] little John, One [E] half your pack [E] it shall belong to me.
O no, O no, [A] cries the peddler [E] bold, O no, O [B] no, that ne'er [Bm] could be.
There's never [G] a man in all [D] Nottingham [E] Can take one half of my pack from _ me.
_ [B] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ The peddler he's pulled off his back, [G] Put it a [E] little below his [Bm] knee.
Saying, [G] if you do move [E] me one perch from this, My [Em] pack and [D] all it shall go with thee.
[E] _ _
Then little [B] John he's drawn his [Em] sword, The peddler [E] by his pack [Bm] did stand.
They [G] fought until [E] they both did sweat, Till he cries, peddler, [E] pray hold thy hand. _ _ _ _ _ _
And Robin Hood, who'd been standing by, [G] Well he did laugh [E] most [Bm] heartily.
I could find a [E] man of much smaller scale, That [Em] could thrash the peddler and [E] also thee. _
Go try you master, [B] says little [E] John, [G] And go you try right [Bm] speedily.
For by me body, [E] says little John, I [Em] know this night [E] you will [F#] know me.
_ _ _ _ [E] _
_ _ _ Then Robin Hood [A] he's drawn his [E] sword, [G] The peddler by [B] his pack did [Bm] stand.
They fought until [B] the blood in [D] streams did flow, [Em] Till he cries, peddler, pray hold thy [E] hand.
_ _ _ Oh peddler, peddler, [Bm] what is thy [E] name?
Come [E] speedily and tell [Bm] to me.
Well now my name I could never [D] tell, [E] Till both your names [D] you have told me.
Oh the one of us is called Robin [E] Hood, The other one's little [Bm] John Supree.
Then said the [B] peddler, it lays to my good will, Whether my name I choose to [Em] tell thee.
_ _ _ _ [E] _
_ _ _ I'm Gamble Gold [A] of the Gay Green [D] Woods, [Em] Travelled far [Bm] beyond the sea.
For [G] killing a man [B] in my father's [D] land, Far [E] from the country [A] I was forced [E] to flee. _ _ _
If you're Gamble [D] Gold of the Gay Green Woods, Travelled [Bm] far beyond the sea,
You are [G] my mother's own [D] sister's son, [Em] What nearer cousins [E] could we be?
_ _ _ _ [B] _ _
[F#] _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ [Em] _
_ _ [E] _ _ _ _ They sheathed their swords' eye with friendly words, [A] So [G] merrily they did [Bm] agree.
They went to an [B] alehouse and there [D] they dined, [E] And crackhead bottles right [F#] merrily.