Story Behind The Song
"Gamble Gold" is about the chance meeting of Gamble Gold and Robin Hood. It tells of their battle and his final acceptance into Robin Hood's merry band.
"Abbots Bromley Horn Dance" is considered a fertility dance.
"The Green Man" represents the spirits o
Song Description
"Gamble Gold" or Gamewell, was one fo Robin Hood's Merry Men. This tune appears in Lucy Broadwood's "the Englis and Scottish Popular Ballads", which she collected in Sussex in 1893.
"Abbots Bromley Horn Dance" is an ancient dance performed in the small vi
| Song Length |
4:31 |
Genre |
Folk - Traditional, World - European |
| Tempo |
Medium (111 - 130) |
Mood |
Moving, Content |
| Subject |
Plants, Forest, Dance |
Similar Artists |
Loreena McKennitt |
| Era |
Before 1600 |
| |
Lyrics
No lyrics in above arrangements, although the first tune, "Gamble Gold" is known to have the following lyrics:
There chance to be a Pedlar bold,
A Pedlar bold there changed to be;
He put his pack all on his back,
And so merrily tripped over the lea.
By chance he met two troublesome men,
Two troublesome men they chanced to be,
The one of them was bold Robin Hood,
And the other was Little John so free."