Robin Hood Rescuing Three Squires
From International Robin Hood Bibliography
| Ballad | |
|---|---|
| Child | 140 |
| Title | Robin Hood Rescuing Three Squires |
| Versions | 4 |
| Variants | 11 |
| Stanzas | 29 |
| Date | c. 1650 |
By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2014-09-03. Revised by Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2019-02-05.
Editions
Scholarly and literary collections
- Allingham, William, ed. The Ballad Book: A Selection of the Choicest British Ballads (Cambridge, 1865), pp. 111-16. Title: Robin Hood Rescuing the Widow's Three Sons
- Allingham, William, ed. The Ballad Book: A Selection of the Choicest Old Ballads (New York, 1886), pp. 111-16. Title: Robin Hood Rescuing the Widow's Three Sons
- Allingham, William, ed. The Ballad Book: A Selection of the Choicest British Ballads (Golden Treasury Series) (London; New York, 1898), pp. 111-16. Title: Robin Hood Rescuing the Widow's Three Sons
- Child, Francis James, ed.; [Kittredge, G. L.], ed.; [Ireland, Catharine Innes], bibl. The English and Scottish Popular Ballads (Boston and New York; Cambridge, Massachusetts; London, ©1882-98), vol. III, pp. 177-85
- Graves, Robert, ed. English & Scottish Ballads (London: Melbourne; Toronto, 1957), pp. 91-97; note p. 156. Title: Robin Hood and the Three Squires.
Translations
German
- Grün, Anastasius, transl. Robin Hood. Ein Balladenkranz nach Altenglischen Volksliedern (Stuttgart, 1864), pp. 135-39: "Robin Hood rettet der Wittwe drei Söhne"; notes, pp. 217-18.
- Grün, Anastasius, transl.; Frankl, Ludwig August, ed. Anastasius Grüns Gesammelte Werke (Berlin, 1877), pp. 278-82: "Robin Hood rettet der Wittwe drei Söhne".
Brief mention
- MacSweeney, Joseph J. 'Hind Horn', The Modern Language Review, vol. XIV (1919), pp. 210-11; see p. 210: the ballad was influenced by that of Hind Horn (Child 17).