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The English and Scottish Popular Ballads

Edited by Francis James Child.

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22

The Fause Knight upon the Road

THE FAUSE KNIGHT UPON THE ROAD—A

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Motherwell's Minstrelsy, Introduction, p. 1xxiv. From Galloway.

1

O whare are ye gaun?’
Quo the fause knicht upon the road:
‘I'm gaun to the scule,’
Quo the wee boy, and still he stude.

2

‘What is that upon your back?’ quo etc.
‘Atweel it is my bukes,’ quo etc.

3

‘What's that ye've got in your arm?’
‘Atweel it is my peit.’

4

‘Wha's aucht they sheep?’
‘They are mine and my mither's.’

5

‘How monie o them are mine?’
‘A' they that hae blue tails.’

6

‘I wiss ye were on yon tree:’
‘And a gude ladder under me.’

7

‘And the ladder for to break:’
‘And you for to fa down.’

8

‘I wiss ye were in yon sie:’
‘And a gude bottom under me.’

9

‘And the bottom for to break:’
‘And ye to be drowned.’