The knight of the road, song / Paddy Tunney, singing in English
ITMA Reference | 239818 |
Creator | Tunney, Paddy, singing in English |
Contributor | Shields, Hugh, collector |
Date | January 1964 |
Location | Hugh Shields’s house, Dublin |
Type | Sound |
Extent | 1 computer file (MP3 file, 1 min., 31 sec.) : digital, stereo |
Collection | Hugh Shields Collection |
Subject | Ireland: Singing in English |
Language | English |
Publisher | Irish Traditional Music Archive |
Copyright | Performers, Hugh Shields |
Source | [HS 6108] |
Roud Number | 20 |
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– What brings you here so late?
Said the knight of the road
– I go to meet my God
Said the child as he stood
And he stood and he stood
And ‘twas well that he stood
– I go to meet my God
Said the child as he stood
– How will you go by sea?
Said the knight of the road
With a strong boat under me
Said the child as he stood
And he stood and he stood
And ‘twas well that he stood
– I go to meet my God
Said the child as he stood
– How will you go by land?
Said the knight of the road
With a stout staff in my hand
Said the child as he stood
And he stood and he stood
And ‘twas well that he stood
– I go to meet my God
Said the child as he stood
– Methinks I hear a bell
Said the knight of the road
– And it’s ringing you to hell
Said the child as he stood
And he stood and he stood
And ‘twas well that he stood
– I go to meet my God
Said the child as he stood.
As sung by Peter Quinn, Lough Neagh, near Cookstown, Co Tyrone.
Twas Pretty to Be in Ballinderry
Seven Little Gipsies