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Thread #70016 Message #1192452
Posted By: Roberto
24-May-04 - 03:39 AM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Child on the Road (Archie Fisher/Child #3
Subject: Lyr Add: FALSE KNIGHT
The previuos reply was not complete. I post it again
Yes, Walrus, it is the False Knight. Here are the few words I can get, and I'm not sure of them all:
Now where ... and what is that you bear? (?) Said the false knight to the child in the road Oh, .. and nothing do I bear Said the pretty little child only seven years old
What is that upon your back in your brown heavy sack? Said the false knight to the child in the road I have books upon me back in me brown heavy sack Said the pretty little child only seven years old
Tell me what is on your arm 'less you want to come to harm? Said the false knight to the child in the road I have pits upon me arm that I got ... farm Said the pretty little child only seven years old
What is higher than the tree, what is deeper than the sea? Said the false knight to the child on the road Heaven's higher than the tree, Hell is deeper than the sea Said the pretty little child only seven years old
Oh I have a gallows high and a rope to swing you by Said the false knight to the child on the road If you want to swing me high ... gallows ... Said the pretty little child only seven years old
I've a bird ... wing and a song that doesn't sing (?) Said the false knight to the child on the road ... the song to sing Said the pretty little child only seven years old