This broadside ballad,  opens with a pinder, a townsman in charge of impounding stray animals, exclaiming that no one will dare trespass on Wakefield under his watchful eye. The pinder's boasts are overheard by Robin and his merry men, who—as they approach the pinder—are promptly turned away and asked to leave.
This ballad opens with a pinder, a local official in charge of stray animals, declaring that no one will trespass on Wakefield under his watchful eye. The pinder's boast is overheard by Robin and his band of merry men, who are then asked to depart.