3. The Fause Knight on the Road

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5 Hand Reel - The Child On The Road (from "Earl O'Moray")

Archie Fisher - The Child On The Road (from "Archie Fisher")

Ewan MacColl & Peggy Seeger - False Knight Upon The Road (from "Long Harvest", vol.9)

Ewan MacColl & Peggy Seeger - The False Fidee (from "Long Harvest", vol.9)

Ewan MacColl & Peggy Seeger - The False Knight And the Wee Boy (from "Long Harvest", vol.9)

Ewan MacColl & Peggy Seeger - The false knight on the road (from "Blood and Roses", vol. 1)

Ewan MacColl & Peggy Seeger - The False Knight Upon The Road (from "Long Harvest", vol.9)

Len Graham - The False Knight (from "When I Was Young")

Martin Carthy - False knight on the road (from "Carthy Chronicles. Child Carthy")

Pete & Chris Coe - False Knight (from "Open the Door And Let Us In")

Steeleye Span - False Knight On The Road (from "Please To See The King")

Tim Hart & Maddy Prior - False knight on the road (from "Summer Solstice")



Variant A

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.'


Variant B

1
`O WHARE are ye gaun?' quo the false knight,
And false, false was his rede:
`I'm gaun to the scule,' says the pretty little boy,
And still, still he stude.


Variant C

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.'