The False Knight on the Road

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T:The False Knight on the Road
T:The Fause Knight upon the Road
C:Trad
B:Bronson
O:Flanders and Olney, I953, pp. 46-47. Sung by Mrs. E.
O:Sullivan, Springfield, Vt., September 2T, I932; learned in
O:childhood in Ireland. From Ballads Migrant in New England,
O:edited by Helen Hartness Flanders and Marguerite
O:Olney; copyright I953 by Helen Hartness Flanders.
N:How the last two stanzas are adjusted in the singing is
N:not made clear by tbe editors.
N:Child 3
M:2/2
L:1/8
K:G % Hexatonic ( -4) Lydian/Ionian
d4 | d4 g2 e2 | d2 d2 B2 B2 | B4 B4 |
w:O where are you go-ing? Said the false, false
B4 G2 G2 | B4 A2 A2 | A4 G2 G2 | G2 G2 B2 D2 |
w:knight to the child on the road. I am go-ing to my
g4 f2 e2 | d2 d2 G4 | A2 A2 G4 | G8 | z4 |]
w:school, Said the pret-ty boy sev-en years old.
W:
W:"O where are you going?"
W:Said the false, false knight to the child on the road.
W:"I'm going to my school,"
W:Said the pretty boy seven years old.
W:
W:"What have you got in your woolen?" (school bag)
W:Said the false, false knight to the child on the road,
W:"My books and my dinner,"
W:Said the pretty boy seven years old.
W:
W:"Who owns all those cows on the hill?" etc.
W:"Me and my mamma," etc.
W:
W:"How many of them are mine?" etc.
W:"As many as have no tail," etc.
W:
W:"Who taught you so well?" etc.
W:"My teachers and my mamma," etc.
W:
W:"What did they teach you so well for?" etc.
W:"To keep me from you and from your wicked Hell,"
W:And he bowed seven times on the road.
W:
W:"Bad luck to your teacher that taught you so well"
W:Said the false, false knight to the child on the road.
W:"Good luck to the teacher that kept me from you
W:And from your wicked Hell,"
W:Said the pretty boy seven years old.

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