(:redirect quiet=1:) %abc-2.1 stretchlast X:1 T:The False Knight on the Road C:Trad Z:Webmaster B:Journal of the English Folk Dance and Song Society, Dec 1958 S:"English and Scottish Ballads" by Robert Graves F:http://www.folkinfo.org/songs L:1/16 % K:F d2 |(c2A2) A2 A2 |G4 A2 c2 |d4 d2 c2 | d2 e2 f2 w:"O where_ are you going?" says the false knight up-on the road: d2 |(c2A2) A2 A2 |G4 A2 c2 |d4 d2 c2 | d2 e2 f2 z2 |] w: "I'm going to me school," saysthe wee boy, and still he stood. % W: W:“Oh, where are you going?” says the false knight upon the road. W:“I'm going to me school,” says the wee boy and still he stood. W: W:“What is on your back?” says the false knight on the road. W:“Me bundles and me books,” says the wee boy and still he stood. W: W:“I came a-walking by your door,” says the false knight on the road. W:“That lay in your way,” says the wee boy and still he stood. W: W:“Flung your dog a stone,” says the false knight on the road. W:“I wish it was a bone,” says the wee boy and still he stood. W: W:“Oh, what sheep and cattle's that?” says the false knight on the road. W:“They're mine and me father's,” says the wee boy and still he stood. W: W:“And how many shall be mine?” says the false knight on the road. W:“The ones that have the blue tail,” says the wee boy and still he stood. W: W:“Oh, can I get a share o' them?” says the false knight on the road. W:“You cannot get a share of them,” says the wee boy and still he stood. W: W:“And why the stick all in your hand?” says the false knight on the road. W:“To keep me from all cold and harm,” says the wee boy and still he stood. W: W:“Oh, I wish you were in yonder tree,” says the false knight on the road. W:“A ladder under me,” says the wee boy and still he stood. W: W:“The ladder it'll break,” says the false knight on the road. W:“And you will surely fall,” says the wee boy and still he stood. W: W:“I wish you were in yonder sea,” says the false knight on the road. W:“A good boat under me,” says the wee boy and still he stood. W: W:“The boat will surely sink,” says the false knight on the road. W:“And you will surely drown,” says the wee boy and still he stood. W: W:“Has your mother more than you?” says the false knight on the road. W:“Oh, none of them for you,” says the wee boy and still he stood. W: W:“I think I hear a bell,” says the false knight on the road. W:“It's ringing you to hell,” says the wee boy and still he stood. % % % % % % % % %]