His landlord it made him to stare, 65 When he did the sight behold; "Where did thou get the white money, And where get the yellow gold?" "I met a fond fool by the way, I swapped horses, and gave him no boot; 70 But never mind," says the old man, "I got a fond fool by the foot." "But now you're grown cramped and old, Nor fit for to travel about;" "O never mind," says the old man, 75 "I can give these old bones a root!" As he was a-riding hame, And a-down a narrow lane, He spied his mare tied to a tree, And said, "Tib, thou'lt now gae hame." 80 And when that he got hame, And told his old wife what he'd done, She rose and she donned her clothes, And about the house did run. She sung, and she danced, and sung, 85 And she sung with a merry devotion, "If ever our daughter gets wed, It will help to enlarge her portion!" THE FAUSE KNIGHT UPON THE ROAD. Motherwell's _Minstrelsy_, p. lxxiv. "O whare are ye gaun?" Quo' the fause knicht upon the road; "I'm gaun to the scule," Quo' the wee boy, and still he stude. "What is that upon your back?" 5 Quo' the fause knicht upon the road; "Atweel it is my bukes," Quo' the wee boy, and still he stude. "What's that ye've got on your arm?" Quo' the fause knicht, &c. 10 "Atweel it is my peit," Quo' the wee boy, &c. "Wha's aucht they sheep?" Quo' the fause knicht, &c. "They are mine and my mither's," 15 Quo' the wee boy, &c. "How monie o' them are mine?" Quo' the fause knicht, &c. "A' they that hae blue tails," Quo' the wee boy, &c. 20 "I wiss ye were on yon tree," Quo' the fause knicht, &c. "And a gude ladder under me," Quo' the wee boy, &c. "And the ladder for to break," 25 Quo' the fause knicht, &c. "And you for to fa' doun," Quo' the wee boy, &c. "I wiss ye were in yon sie," Quo' the fause knicht, &c. 30 "And a gude bottom under me," Quo' the wee boy, &c. "And the bottom for to break," Quo' the fause knicht upon the road; "And ye to be drowned," 35 Quo' the wee boy, and still he stude. GIFTS FROM OVER SEA. Appendix to p. 11. Wright's _Songs and Carols, printed from a MS. in the Sloane Collection_, No. 8.