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"Oh, where are you going," says the false knight on the road
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"I'm going to me school," says the wee boy and still he stood
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"What is on your back," says the false knight on the road
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"Me bundles and me books," says the wee boy and still he stood
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"I came a walking by your door," says the false knight on the road
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"That lay in your way," says the wee boy and still he stood
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"I flung your dog a stone," says the false knight on the road
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"But I wish it was a bone," says the wee boy and still he stood
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[Verse]
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"Oh, what sheep and cattle's that," says the false knight on the road
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"They're mine and me father's," says the wee boy and still he stood
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"And how many shall be mine," says the false knight on the road
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"The ones that have the blue tail," says the wee boy and still he stood
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[Verse]
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"Oh, how can I get a share o' them," says the false knight on the road
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"You cannot get a share of them," says the wee boy and still he stood
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"And why the stick all in your hand," says the false knight on the road
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"To keep me from all cold and harm," says the wee boy and still he stood
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"As I wish you were in yonder tree," says the false knight on the road
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"A ladder under me," says the wee boy and still he stood
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"The ladder it'll break," says the false knight on the road
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"And you will surely fall," says the wee boy and still he stood
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"I wish you were in yonder sea," says the false knight on the road
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"A good boat under me," says the wee boy and still he stood
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"The boat will surely sink," says the false knight on the road
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"And you will surely drown," says the wee boy and still he stood
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[Verse]
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"Has your mother more than you," says the false knight on the road
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"Oh, none of them for you," says the wee boy and still he stood
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"I think I hear a bell," says the false knight on the road
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"It's ringing you to hell," says the wee boy and still he stood