False Knight on the Road Child

 

“Oh, where are you going?” said the false knight on the road.

“I'm going to me school,” says the wee boy and still he stood.

“What is on your back?” said the false knight on the road.

“Me bundles and me books,” said the wee boy and still he stood.

 

“Oh, I wish you were in yonder tree,” said the false knight on the road.

“And a good ladder under me,” said the wee boy and still he stood.

“The ladder it will break,” said the false knight on the road.

“Then you will surely fall,” said the wee boy and still he stood.

 

“What is whiter than the milk,” said the false knight on the road.

“Snow is whiter than the milk,” said the wee boy and still he stood.

“What is softer than the silk,” said the false knight on the road.

“Down is softer than the silk,” said the wee boy and still he stood.

 

“I wish you were in yonder sea,” says the false knight on the road. 

“And a good boat under me,” says the wee boy and still he stood.

“The boat will surely sink,” says the false knight on the road.

“Then you will surely drown,” says the wee boy and still he stood.

 

“Is your mother calling you?” said the false knight on the road. 

“Oh, I think it is for you,” says the wee boy and still he stood.

“I think I hear a bell,” says the false knight on the road.

“It's not for me to tell,” says the wee boy and still he stood.