My father he wore a long staff and a farell ??? A pike in the end for to hold the floor I depended my life on this fellows halberd A terrible road to Mic Collin's door
The writers and printers of ballads were no more literate than the populace. How about this:
My father he bore a long staff with a ferrule A pike on the end for to hold the floor etc.
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