{"collection":"Northern European Mythology","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/neu/eng/child/ch003.htm","path":"neu/eng/child/ch003.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/neu/eng/child/ch003.htm","text":"3A.1 \u2018O WHARE are ye gaun?\u2019\nRefrain: Quo the fause knicht upon the road:\n\u2018I\u2019m gaun to the scule,\u2019\nRefrain: Quo the wee boy, and still he stude.\n3A.2 \u2018What is that upon your back?\u2019\nRefrain: quo etc.\n3A.2 \u2018Atweel it is my bukes,\u2019\nRefrain: quo etc.\n3A.3 \u2018What\u2019s that ye\u2019ve got in your arm?\u2019\n\u2018Atweel it is my peit.\u2019\n3A.4 \u2018Wha\u2019s aucht they sheep?\u2019\n\u2018They are mine and my mither\u2019s.\u2019\n3A.5 \u2018How monie o them are mine?\u2019\n\u2018A\u2019 they that hae blue tails.\u2019\n3A.6 \u2018I wiss ye were on yon tree:\u2019\n\u2018And a gude ladder under me.\u2019\n3A.7 \u2018And the ladder for to break:\u2019\n\u2018And you for to fa down.\u2019\n3A.8 \u2018I wiss ye were in yon sie:\u2019\nAnd a gude bottom under me.\u2019\n3A.9 \u2018And the bottom for to break:\u2019\n\u2018And ye to be drowned.\u2019\n3B: The Fause Knight on the Road\n3B.1 \u2018O WHARE are ye gaun?\u2019 quo the false knight,\nAnd false, false was his rede:\n\u2018I\u2019m gaun to the scule,\u2019 says the pretty little boy,\nAnd still, still he stude.\n3[C]: The Fause Knight on the Road\n3[C.1] \u2018O whare are ye gaun?\u2019\nRefrain: Says the false knight upon the road:\n3[C.1] \u2018I am gaun to the schule,\u2019\nRefrain: Says the wee boy, and still he stood.\n3[C.2] \u2018Wha\u2019s aught the sheep on yonder hill?\u2019\n\u2018They are my papa\u2019s and mine.\u2019\n3[C.3] \u2018How many of them\u2019s mine?\u2019\n\u2018A\u2019 them that has blue tails.\u2019\n3[C.4] \u2018I wish you were in yonder well:\u2019\n\u2018And you were down in hell.\u2019","title":"The Child Ballads: 3. The Fause Knight on the Road","type":"page"}