Motherwell's Minstrelsy, Introduction, p. lxxiv. From
Galloway.
| 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 the fause knicht upon the road:
'Atweel it is my bukes,'
Quo the wee boy, and still he stude. |
| 3 |
'What's that ye've got in your arm?'
Quo the fause knicht upon the road:
'Atweel it is my peit.'
Quo the wee boy, and still he stude. |
| 4 |
'Wha's aucht they sheep?'
Quo the fause knicht upon the road:
'They are mine and my mither's.'
Quo the wee boy, and still he stude. |
| 5 |
'How monie o them are mine?'
Quo the fause knicht upon the road:
'A' they that hae blue tails.'
Quo the wee boy, and still he stude. |
| 6 |
'I wiss ye were on yon tree:'
Quo the fause knicht upon the road:
'And a gude ladder under me.'
Quo the wee boy, and still he stude. |
| 7 |
'And the ladder for to break:'
Quo the fause knicht upon the road:
'And you for to fa down.'
Quo the wee boy, and still he stude. |
| 8 |
'I wiss ye were in yon sie:'
Quo the fause knicht upon the road:
And a gude bottom under me.'
Quo the wee boy, and still he stude. |
| 9 |
'And the bottom for to break:'
Quo the fause knicht upon the road:
'And ye to be drowned.'
Quo the wee boy, and still he stude. |
