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T:The False Knight on the Road
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
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w:"O where_ are you going?" says the false knight up-on the road:
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w: "I'm going to me school," saysthe wee boy, and still he stood.
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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.
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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.
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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.

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