X:4
T:The False Knight on the Road
T:The Fause Knight upon the Road
C:Trad
B:Bronson
O:Davis, 1929, p. 549; text, p. 6I. Sung by Mrs. Sarah
O:Finchum, Elkton, Va., November 23, I9I8. Collected by
O:Martha M. Davis.
N:Child 3
M:4/4
L:1/8
K:G % Pentatonic ( -4 -6) irregular
D2 GB dd Bd | d2 B2 G4 | GB d4 dA |
w:Where are you go-ing? said the false, false knight, Said the false so_
B6 DD | GG G2 B2 AG | F6 G2 | A6 B2 | G8 |]
w:rude. I am go-ing to school, said the child; And still it stood.
W:
W:"Where are you going?" said the false, false knight,
W:Said the false so rude.
W:"I am going to school," said the child;
W:And still it stood.
W:
W:"What have you got there?" said the false, false knight,
W:Said the false so rude.
W:"I have good books in my hand," said the child;
W:And still it stood.
W:
W:"Are you a child of God?" said the false, false knight,
W:Said the false so rude.
W:"I say my prayers at night," said the child;
W:And still it stood.
W:
W:"I wish you were in the well," said the false, false knight,
W:Said the false so rude.
W:"And you as deep in hell," said the child;
W:And still it stood.