| Lyrics: | THE FALSE KNIGHT UPON THE ROAD
A knight met a child on the road.
"Oh, where
are you going?" said the knight upon the road.
"I'm going to my school," said the child as he
stood.
He stood and he stood,
And it's well because he stood.
"I'm going to my
school," said the child as he stood.
"What have you in your hand?" said the knight upon
the road.
"I have my bread and cheese," said the child as he stood.
He stood and he
stood,
And it's well because he stood.
"I have my bread and cheese," said the child as he
stood.
"Well, won't you give me some?" said the knight upon the road.
"No, ne'er a
bite nor crumb," said the child as he stood.
He stood and he stood,
And it's well because
he stood.
"No, ne'er a bite nor crumb," said the child as he stood.
"I wish you were
in the sand." said the knight upon the road.
"With a good staff in my hand," said the child as
he stood.
He stood and he stood,
And it's well because he stood.
"With a good staff
in my hand," said the child as he stood.
"I wish you were in the sea." said the knight
upon the road.
"With a good boat under me," said the child as he stood.
He stood and he
stood,
And it's well because he stood.
"With a good boat under me," said the child as he
stood.
"I think I hear a bell." said the knight upon the road.
"And it's ringing you
to hell," said the child as he stood.
He stood and he stood,
And it's well because he
stood.
"And it's ringing you to hell," said the child as he stood.
Child #3
Tony and
Irene Saletan, FSI-75
This version of the ballad comes quite indirectly from
the
singing of Maud Long, whose mother, Jane Gentry, was one of the
singers from whom
Cecil Sharp gathered songs in North Carolina in
1916. It is considerably modified from the
version recorded for
the Library of Congress in 1947 by Maud Long (FSA-37). Two
other
versions are available by Joe Hickerson (FSI-39) and Betty
Smith
(FSA-53).
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