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.
The broadside ballad features a pinder, a townsman responsible for impounding stray animals, who proclaims that no one will trespass on Wakefield under his watchful eye. The pinder's boast is overheard by Robin and his merry men, who are then asked to leave.