Robin Hood and the Prince of Aragon (Roud 3983,Child 129) is an English-language folk song.[1] The song portraysRobin Hood in a tale ofchivalrous adventures, such as are uncommon in his ballads, and has rarely been featured in later tales.[2]
Robin Hood,Will Scadlock andLittle John hunt a deer. After they feast, Robin meets a black-dressed woman on a black horse. She tells them that the Prince ofAragon has besieged London to demand the princess for his wife. He will only give it up if champions defeat the prince and twogiants, and has set a deadline ofMidsummer. Robin Hood, Will Scadlock, and Little John arrive just in time; Robin defeats the prince, and his men the giants.
Robin begs and receives a pardon for himself and his men. The princess chooses to marry Will. A noble weeps upon seeing him, because he had a son much like him, now dead, and Will says he is that son, still alive. They celebrate the wedding.
