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The Outlandish Knight
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An outlandish knight from the north lands came He come a-courting me; And he promised he'd take me into the north lands And there would marry me “Go fetch me some of your father's gold Some of your mother's fee And the two best horses that are in your yard Where there stands thirty and three” So she rode away on their milk-white steed He on the dapple grey And they rode till they come to the banks of the sеa Three hours before it was day “Unlight, unlight, my pretty littlе girl Deliver that gold to me For six pretty maidens I have drownded here And the seventh one you shall be” “But first take off your gown of silk Deliver it unto me For I think that it is too fine and too gay To rot with you in the salt sea” “Turn around, turn around, you false young man Turn your face to the tree For it isn't fit that a villain like you A naked lady should see” So as he turned himself around Turning his face to the tree She's grabbed him by the middle so small And flung him into the sea “Lie there, lie there you false young man Lie there instead of me For if six pretty maidens you have drownded here Then the seventh one has drowned thee” So she mounted on the lily-white horse Leading the dapple grey And she rode till she come to her father's own door An hour before it was day Now the parrot being up in the window so high And hearing his mistress, did say “I'm afraid some ruffian had led you astray You tarried so long away” “Don't prittle, don't prattle my pretty Polly Nor tell no tales of me And your cage shall be of the glittering gold And your perch of the best ivory” Now her father being up in his bedroom so high And hearing the parrot, did say “What's the matter with you, my pretty Polly You're prattling so long before day?” “There come an old cat on the top of my cage To take my sweet life away And I was just calling for my young mistress To chase that old puss away”
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