Robin Hood and the Valiant Knight is an 18th century ballad of the death of Robin Hood. The song, written in Modern English, was included in the popular "garlands" (collections) of Robin Hood stories and songs published in the 18th and early 19th centuries, generally at the end as a suitable close to the garland. It was later published by Francis James Child as Child ballad #153 in his influential collection of popular ballads.[1][2]
The ballad is influenced by the story Robin Hood's Death, which was generally the older and more popular of the versions. Still, Robin Hood and the Valiant Knight was used either on its own in the late 18th century, or as the penultimate story set up to precede Robin Hood's Death in the early 19th century.[2]
^Child, Francis, ed. (1888). The English and Scottish popular ballads. Vol. 3. Cambridge: The Riverside Press. pp. 225–226.
^ abDobson, R. B.; Taylor, John (1997) [1976]. Rymes of Robin Hood. Sutton. pp. 183–186. ISBN 0-7509-1661-3.
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