The False Knight
THE FAUSE KNIGHT UPON THE ROAD—C
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Obtained by Mr Macmath from the recitation of his aunt,
Miss Jane Webster, formerly of Airds of Kells, Stewartry
of Kirkcudbright, Galloway, who learned it many years ago
from the wife of Peter McGuire, then cotman at Airds.
1
‘O whare are ye gaun?’
Says the false knight upon the road:
‘I am gaun to the schule,’
Says the wee boy, and still he stood.
2
‘Wha's aught the sheep on yonder hill?’
‘They are my papa's and mine.’
3
‘How many of them's mine?’
‘A' them that has blue tails.’
4
‘I wish you were in yonder well:’
‘And you were down in hell.’
