Robin Hood Theme Song

[Modighen]

I have sudden urge to bake something.

[mincyz]

Brilliant song. My History class listens to this every lesson!

[paulineprojectlove]

freakin' awesome. watched this as a kid. sing this song at odd times... especially when it most annoys my kids. lol.

[MrColigings]

At my friend's wedding, the groom asked the choir to sing Everything I Do from Robin Hood Prince of Thieves. Instead, the bride ended up marching down the aisle to this.

[scarletbegonias1977]

Quite delightful.....but hard to hear this version without hearing the Monty Python version playing in my head

[thien3420]

Dick James... LOLOLO

[rayblack2004]

please can we go back to this versions, instead of the tramp and the phone basher?

[joe9876543210]

ryan giggs, ryan giggs, running down the wing

ryan giggs, ryan giggs shagging imogen,

he done her up the shitter now its all on twitter,

ryan giggs, ryan giggs, ryan giggs

[willbashem]

Great memories. Thanks for the posting

[dasgilde]

make me wont to sing

[Tlyna1952]

Thank you. This was my favorite show when I was a very young child and I always loved the song.

[dappycho]

Ryan Giggs, Ryan Giggs running down the wings.. feared by the blues, loved by the reds Ryan Giggs, Ryan Giggs, Ryan Giggs!

[pontiaclives]

Robin Hood rules !!

[ShamrocksGetYouHigh]

had a tape of all these songs as a child along with my grandfather clock and all the other ones like teddy bears picnic. cant wait to have kids so i can sing them all with them. the old ones really are the best.

[Domanese]

Fourteen people are chopping wood.

[HeroChestnut]

ASDASD I was searching this for a long time, thanks.

[pontiaclives]

Cool. Not like the crap we see and hear today .....

[sirguyslady]

Dennis Moore Dennis Moore LOL :-) Sorry, it made me think of Monty Python. But I'm glad you uploaded this. A bit before my time but only a bit!

[dandudespaceman]

I heard this playing in the movie W. and I had to find it after hearing it

[Tyreall101]

Lol this was funny.

[rohansrider]

Errol Flynn was the best swordsman on the big screen.

[cripplious]

@rohansrider Have you seen Scaramouche? Now that had a great sword duel scene in it. It was with Struat Granger

[Satchatory]

HOORWAY! HERE COMES THE THROBBIN WOOD!!!!

Reminds me of child sex.

[AndreHiltre]

These were the days, good clean Anglo Saxon hero fighting evil. No queers, coons or jew-boys.

[obiwankidoodle]

I just watched "Robin Hood" with Russell Crowe. When I was small I watched Robin Hood on television, and this song stuck in my head. I was surprised I remembered only the first line of it, but.. had to come and find it lol.

[watchmyshoes22]

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[cooklover32388]

anyone know where to find sheet music

[presidentialfan]

I love the show with Richard Greene and this theme song but Errol Flynn is the best Robin Hood ever. Haven't seen the new Robin Hood yet but want to.

[presidentialfan]

I love the show with Richard Greene and this theme song bu t Errol Flynn is the best Robin Hood ever. Haven't seen the new Robin Hood yet but want to.

[Michaelbos]

memories

[TheSparkle7]

robin hood can u get me free cable tv?

[dorteerts]

Brings back those memories of childhood when everything was so simple.

Like everyone from the era I still know the words. Thank you Janross54. I am guessing you were born in 1954 one year after me.

[plague71]

It looks real dated now but Richard Greene in the 50s was the best ever Robin Hood! Q.E.D. My favourite TV programme when I was a kid!

[4demolition]

I used to run around singing this when I was a kid:

Robin Hood Robin Hood

Riding through the glen

Robin Hood Robin Hood

Robbing everyone

Feared by the good

Loved by the bad....

[metalforever85]

You were quite the poet back then

[ashok125]

Thank you. This was my favourite TV show theme song as a child. Haven't heard it for 40 years and still remember the opening verse! Glad to have found it again. @talladale thank you too.

[wickedwanda13]

I have a Husky whose name is Robin Hood and this is his theme song on is Dogster page

[MsTilscher]

Chopping wood, chopping wood, chopping high n low... chop out the bad, keep in the good !!! :D

[Burned0Hair]

CHOPPING WOOD CHOPPING WOOD

[BeautyHealthZoneBlog]

@Burned0Hair

Hahaha......That's funny.

[masaidan]

Robin Hood, Robin Hood, could be in a fix,

Robin Hood, Robin Hood, spies the weetabix!

Does he retreat back to Sherwood?

'Course he should! Course he should! Course he should!

[Ganondorfdude11]

Dennis Moore, Dennis Moore riding through a ford/ Dennis Moore, Dennis Moore, with his horse Concord/He steals from the rich/And gives to the poor/Mister Moore/Dennis Moore, Dennis Moore.

[dim432]

Chopping Wood

[cswtds]

robin hood, an evergreen legend, really enjoy, thanks

[Jonathan6561]

Dennis Moore, Dennis Moore, Dennis Moore...

[8lilli]

vhtf fock

[mholub]

I had the "flexible" plastic toy Robin Hood sword when I was a kid. They don't make T.V. shows like this any more. I'm glad I grew up as a "Baby Boomer!!!!"

[Abbotts99]

Ah, those were the days! - When REAL men wore tights and lived in the forest and spoke with posh accents!

I grew up with this on TV each week. We'd imitate Richard Green as kids, making 'bows' out of canes and string, with 'arrows' made out of little pea stcicks. A lump of 2"x1" wood became your 'sword', and suddenly you were 'Robin Hood' fighting any other kid that fancied a duel! - Great times!

[ricvonzipper]

Fast forward to 2008. Witness the sick hybrid of the Pied Piper of Hamlin coupled with Robin Hood and his band of Merry Men in the form of Joe Bama and Barney Frank as Friar Tuck, the merriest of all his men. Bama, leading the rats or in this case, sheep.....with the help of his piccolo, aka the media to the river to drown. Steal from the rich, re: bad, give to the poor, re: good, and you have the makings of a new weekly tv show.

[TheApollopotter]

Robin Hood had Marion nude

down in the glen.....

Friar Tuck ran like fuck to tell his merry men

[chungafrescor]

Espantoso.

[TheRealDaveC]

Frank Skinner had a joke about the lyrics and how the Merry Men were happy to help the people of King but were insistent that Robin set aside some time so they could have plenty of "Time to Sing"

[chkjns]

Love the video, but hope yt will shut down the accounts of the testi di merda spamming their ads here. Flagged!

[ballynafeighbluedog]

robin hood in the nude

riding throgh the glen lol

[englandkeith]

Ryan Giggs, Ryan Giggs,

Running down the wing,

Ryan Giggs, Ryan Giggs

Running down the wing,

Feared by the Blues,

Loved by the Reds,

Ryan Giggs, Ryan Giggs, Ryan Giggs

[bobthespin]

@englandkeith lol

[hulmedogcity]

@englandkeith Feared by the blues? 6-1 mate

[ForestGrump]

This was played every time the teams ran out at Nottinham Forest. Not any more though.

[cornovii1]

Thank you... great childhood memories.

[CoolDudeJahid]

i had to learn this for school today

[DavePI2]

I remember watching this show when I was about 5 or 6 in either 59 or 60. Probably the first show I loved watching.

[englishtwister]

my father says he too was brought up on robin hood in the later 50s early 60s. The actor was Richard Green, and I still smile every time I hear the song.

[englishtwister]

brings back the fond memories of the severe winters of the early '60s

[hatethetube]

Didn't some poor bride in the 90's walk up the aisle to this instead of Robin Hood prince of thieves soundtrack 'everything i do' by Bryan Adams? I bet she was furious.

[orangesquash22]

Yep :) I know someone who was there... everyone was mortified :D

[hatethetube]

I bet they were, mind you, i bet they all had a chuckle about it afterwards! Was it the organ player, or a CD? Can't remember what was reported.

[Fistwagon]

@hatethetube, That image made me laugh so damn hard.

[EllieUnderworld]

this song was kind of cute

i like the melody <3

[ussclaudejones]

Thanks so much for posting this song, I've been trying to find it for years. I haven't heard it since late 50's

Wayne Arthur

[Askatasunbidea]

jajaajaajajajajajaja que??????

[Namali100]

hahaha lolz. it eeeeez funny

[BillDFC]

Brilliant,still remember all the words! There was also a rude version we sang as bairns.....something starting" Robin Hood saw a nude riding through the glen,Friar Tuck ran like **** to tell the merry men" Great days!

[ShowBizComic]

Back in elementary school we sang it "Robin Hood, Robin Hood, running through the grass, Little John, Little John, shot him in the ass"...

[CoolDudeJahid]

hahaha LOL

[zvxcxc]

anyone got a backing track for this? ...loveit !!

[LOLIG99]

i shat bricks of lauging

[tikiwetsuits01]

thought id come and have a look at some original robin hood stuff seen as im in the new film with russel crowe thats being filmed in wales. so i beat you mister talladale haha.

[mrniggerbaiter]

WHAT KINDA FAG?

[benaav]

Ryan Giggs, Ryan Giggs - Running down the wing

Ryan Giggs, Ryan Giggs - Running down the wing

Feared by the blues, loved by the REDS

Ryan Giggs, Ryan Giggs, Ryan Giggs!

[doormouse1990]

being born in 1990 i only remember this being heard in the Weaterbix advert. Robin Hood, Robin Hood like his Weaterbixs etc lol

[stringendo1]

I used to watch this show when I was a kid (in reruns by that time). It was my favorite!

[LifeIsMusicc1]

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[talladale]

I'm so glad somebody's still enjoying this happy theme because I was one of the kids singing the chorus! Dick James is the singer, and, as I was good friends with his son, Steven, at school, I got invited to sing at the recording along with a few others. Our 'pay' was a large box of chocolates, each, on our way out. We thought this was fantastic! I can still proudly say, in all honesty, that I recorded at Abbey Road Studios, later to be made famous by the Beatles.

[zvxcxc]

hey ...you must be very proud ...you would'nt have any photos of that recording session would you?

[porchfinder]

@talladale Hey that is an awesome story,thanks so much for sharing.How many ppeople today can actually say they were part of this theme song?To be paid with a box of chocolates is so fun to hear,you wouldnt see that go on in todays movie making.You should be so lucky to have been a part of this.I can remember watching all Robin Hood episodes as a child in the 60s,I think every kid wanted to be THE PRINCE OF THIEVES, Cool story.May your grandchildren pass it on to their children.

[talladale]

@porchfinder Hey Porchfinder,

Thanks for the comments. It was a lot of fun. We had about six rehearsals, and then did it in one take. I didn't know that Dick James went on to do so well with his music company. I'm also amazed at how many people saw and commented on this T.V. theme. Take care, Talladale.

[mvv8383]

@talladale I love this song. you were so lucy to sing in the chorus. I didn't know that this is how the complete song was like. I only remember the first 16 words. Nothing about coming to Sherwood Forest. etc.I watched this series on TV when I was a kid.

[talladale]

@mvv8383 Yes, it was just sheer luck that I happened to go to the same school as Dick James's son, Stephen. (Anson Rd Primary School between Willesden Green and Cricklewood). We were pals, and I got asked to sing along with a few others. I'm still amazed at how many people remember this. It was a great T.V. show! Such nice innocent days!

[alexelperron]

@talladale

yea,right

[garryph]

@talladale I'm glad to be able to make contact with someone involved in this recording, because I've always wondered who the french horn players were, imagining that they are probably famous players from one of the symphony orchestras - Denis Brain? Alan Civil? Douglas Moore? Do you happen to know?

[livealittle23]

i listen to this song at least a billion times a day

on youtube

thought it was appropriate to finally leave a comment

[georgia24565]

where doin this at my school. lool

[georgia24565]

ooh. i luv this song. where doin it at my song

[ENDEUARABIA]

Looking for the Historically correct Robin Hood and Friar Tuck no the politically correct version

[seanpdineen]

This is used in oliver stone's W

[wealthformer]

excellent what memories

[Disneygreatestsongs]

is robin hood origonal a book or was he real person?

[habbostrand]

Its a Myth

[MartinJWillett]

Robin Hood is a quasi-historical person who has had mythological tales attached to his name but with some hints of real historical traces. A real person going by that name probably did exist sometime around the era of his legend but almost certainly did not do 95% of the things attributed to him. Just like Jesus.

[Bolly558]

Not only was the brilliant Dick James on this excellent theme tune, but also his young son at the time. Many Thanks for posting this Great song....

[foxloveswolf]

Awesome Song! I love this series. Pity they don't make shows like this today. Thanks for posting.

[captpinchcard]

lol

[fraser2k19]

we are doing a play in school on robin hood nd im the lord nd ladys servant

[nantata]

thank you, thank you, thank you.

Enjoyed the show immensely as a child in the 60s.

I think I'm going to teach this song to my 2 grand.

[balliolchampion248]

The term 'Hood' is more probably a shortened form of the American slang term 'Hoodlum,' related to the German 'Hudelum,' meaning 'a disorderly person.' Hoodlum only entered common slang in the last two centuries, so the chances of the word 'Hood' being applied to Robin in reference to his outlawry are minimal.

'Hood' in the Middle Ages existed as Old English 'Hud,' meaning 'to cover up,' and so would probably have indicated that Robin wore some form of disguise, not that he was a'hoodlum.'

[balliolchampion248]

While the office of 'Sheriff of Nottingham' didn't come into existance until 1449, there was a 'High Sheriff of Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire and the Royal Forests' from 1068 until that date.

As to Friar Tuck, the Dominicans, Franciscans, Carmelites and Augustinians (the Four 'Great Orders' of Friars, were well established in England by the time of Geoffrey Chaucer (c. 1343 - 1400,) so he could easily be a composite rather than totally fictional character.

[sexmoron]

Sung by none other than Dick James - the man who formed Northern Songs for The Beatles. This company tied up most of The Beatles songs, sold out to ATV music which was eventually bought out by Michael Jackson.

Dick James also signed up Bernie Taupin and Elton John to his record label, DJM, back in 1967.

[skyeswe95]

HAHAHAHAHAHA LOL this was really funny song! Can´t take it seriousley. Robin from the 50´th :D Thanxs for loading up this, :D :D i enoyed it.

[Neville20006]

handy for the number 43

[coventrygardens]

to christopher2906------- that's amazing. i never thought that they would have used such a slang term back then. i guess some gangsters wore hoods that covered up their faces, creating a disguise.

[coventrygardens]

i have a feeling that there was a real-life character who served as the basis for the legend of robin hood, yet people may have added a bunch of details that didn't go with the original character. do you think the original man was known as "robin hood" during his own life-time ?? i get the feeling that it was a nickname. maybe he wore a hood that had the hue of a robin ( bird ). or maybe his real name was "robin hood", yet i doubt it.

[coventrygardens]

to christopher2906--- i guess you're thinking that robin hood was a real person. maybe he was, or maybe he was a composite of a number of different men. what about friar tuck ?? do you think he was for real ?

[coventrygardens]

that's great. i never saw the tv show, yet i had heard part of the song on an audio cassette of tv theme tunes. i'm not familiar with the actors that played in the show. i have visited the area around nottingham and sherwood forest. supposedly some of my forefathers lived around there, yet the family moved to the new world in 1600s.

[ohsodreary]

This song is in W., it's very funny in the film.

[justwannawatchvids]

I know, they played it at just the right time for great effect

[Badminton2012]

wtf this was on my cassete tape when i was like 3!!!!

[foxvermont]

I'm from US and never saw this show--but I had heard the song before, or at least a parody of

it. Yes, Monty Python based their "Dennis Moore"

song on this! I think this is by Dick James who later became Elton John's music publisher. I heard this version a couple years back when someone sent me a tape of

a British radio station.

[talladale]

Yes, this was sung by Dick James, and, believe it or not, I was one of the children singing!

Dicks' son Steven was in my class, so I got invited, with a group of his friends, to record it, at no less than Abbey Road Studios! Our reward was a large box of chocolates on the way out! Great memories.

I never thought I'd hear it again, so thanks for posting it. I can probably burn it onto a CD for a keepsake. This show was very popular when I was a kid. YouTube never ceases to amaze me!

[emaware]

This was one of my husband's birthday presents... and I think his favorite...he is still humming it... thank you sooo much!

[lordgeneral9]

Thank you

[skudaarkaat1]

God, did I LOVE this show as a kid! Bring it back, TV Land!!!!

[kangaroo1995]

Lol :)

[speedsurfer123]

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