dick james sang the theme tune to robin hood.
dick james sang the theme tune to robin hood.
who sang the theme tune to robin hood?
dick james
the merry men perform the soul cake song in "the thorkil ghost," with derwent singing a solo.









































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carl sigman wrote the words and music for the theme song which was sung by dick james. the song is still fondly remembered:









































robin hood, robin hood, riding through the glen









































robin hood, robin hood, with his band of men









































feared by the bad, loved by the good









































robin hood, robin hood, robin hood









































he called the greatest archers to a tavern on the green









































they vowed to help the people of the king
the adventures of robin hood (tv series)
the first robin hood novel written, although not published, is robert southey's 'harold, or, the castle of morford' (1791). this exists in manuscript form in the bodleian library. the first published robin hood novel was the anonymous "robin hood: a tale of the olden time" (1819), and a few months later "ivanhoe" by walter scott, 1819. "ivanhoe" was scott's first novel where history and romance is combined. robin hood in this book is the saviour of the nation. the upper classes need the working classes as much as the working classes rely on their 'betters'. scott's tale is significant because it is the first time that robin is presented as an anglo-saxon freedom fighter, a theme which many later victorian robin hood novels would utilise. the next novel following scott was thomas love peacock's novella "maid marian." the novel was originally intended as a satire on continental conservatism and its enthusiasm for all things feudal and medieval, and in particular the unwarranted praise of aristocracy. thus through his novella peacock attempted to show how man’s feudal overlords have always been the same: greedy, violent, cynical, and self-interested. robin also appears as the principal protagonist of two tales printed in an early penny blood entitled "lives of the highwaymen" in 1836. this serialised tale, however, is little more than a reprint of the earlier biography of robin hood that appeared in charles johnson's work. in thomas miller's "royston gower; or, the days of king john" (1838), robin is not the principal protagonist but is an outlaw who comes to the aid of the title character after he defects from the normans and decides to fight against king john for the establishment of a 'charter of rights'. g. p. r. james' "forest days" (1843), while not intended as a political or social commentary, is significant because it abandons the traditional dating of the robin hood story in the 1190s and instead places the robin hood legend during the simon de montfort rebellion (1264-67). by far the longest robin hood novel, standing at almost half-a-million words, is pierce egan the younger's "robin hood and little john; or, the merrie men of sherwood forest" (serialised 1838-1840). as in "ivanhoe", robin is a saxon, although he is not actually outlawed in the novel until nearly the end of the first book. the novel traces robin's life from birth to death. egan's text was translated into two french books, "le prince des voleurs (the prince of thieves)," and "robin hood le proscrit (robin hood the outlaw)", by alexandre dumas, between 1863–64. dumas' works were then retranslated back into english by alfred allinson in 1904. a 'companion' novel to egan's text was published by j. h. stocqueler in 1849 entitled "maid marian, the forest queen; being a companion to "robin hood"". the first robin hood novel written specifically for children appears to be stephen percy's "tales of robin hood" (1840). john b. marsh's children's book "robin hood" appeared in 1865, as did a penny dreadful entitled "little john and will scarlet" (1865). the next major novel written was entitled "the merry adventures of robin hood" by howard pyle in 1883.
robin hood in popular culture