Outlandish Knight- R. Gregory (Dev) 1889 Baring Gould
[Bronson 41, some slight variation in text. From Baring Gould MS, he writes; "this, my restoration."
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R. Matteson 2018]
LXII The Outlandish Knight
A. Taken down from Richd. Gregory, moorman, Two Bridges, Jan. 1889. Will Setter sang the “Outlandish Knight” afore. Gregory said it was not right & sang the above, but I was not able to take it verbally, only dot down the beginnings & leading words.
1. [There rode a knight when the moon shone bright
He rode to a lady’s hall,very confused.
He sang her a lay, bade her come away
And follow him at his call.]
2. He courted her many a long winter’s night
And many a short winter’s day
And he laid in wait both early & late
To take her sweet life away.
3. Go fetch me some of your father’s gold,
And some of your mother’s fee
To a land we will go [where droppeth no snow] far, far away.
Thou shalt there be my lady.
4. She fetched some of her father’s gold,
And some of her mother’s fee.
And she went afore to the stable door,
Where stood her white palfrey.
5. She mounted with speed on her milk white steed
And he on his iron grey,
And away they did ride to a clear water’s side
Six hours before the day.
6. Unlight! unlight! my lady bright,
Unlight, unlight! I pray.
Six pretty maids have I drowned here,
Thou shalt be the seventh today.
7. Take off, take off thy robe of silk,
And lay it upon a stone,
Thy gay, gay gown be all too good
To lie in a watery tomb.
8. Then she took off her robe of silk
And laid it upon a stone,
And he put his hand in her pocket
And drew out five hundred crown.
9. Take off, take off thy Holland smock
And lay it upon a stone.
Thy Holland smock be all too fine
To lie in a watery tomb.
10. If I must take off my Holland smock
Then turn away from me.
For it ill befits that such as thee
Should see (view) a stark lady.
11. And never blink, but stoop on the brink
And pick the thistles away,
That they may not entangle my curly hair,
Nor my milk-white skin may fray.
12. He never did blink to stoop at the brink
And pick the thistles away.
That they might not entangle her curly hair
Nor her lily-white skin might fray.
13. She gave him a push, & a hearty push,
And the fiend knight pushed in.
Saying, swim, O swim thou false-hearted knight
Thou never the land shalt win.
14. Saying, go, O go [where droppeth no snow]
O go to thine own country
But I will abide by the clear water-side
And well am I rid of thee.
15. She mounted with speed on her milk white steed
And she led the iron-grey.
And away she did ride to the castle’s side,
Three hours before the day.
16.The parrot he sat in the kitchen window
And the parrot he did say,
O where have you been, my pretty fair queen,
So early before the day?
17. Hush! question me not, thou saucy parrot
Hush! question not of me.
Thee a cage shall hold of the glittering gold
With a door of ivory.
18. Her father he was not so sound asleep,
But he heard what the parrot did say.
And he called, what waketh my pretty parrot
So early before the day?
19. The cat was up at the kitchen-window,
And the cat he would me slay.
So loud did I cry for help to be nigh,
To drive the cat away.
20. Well turned, well turned, my pretty parrot,
A good turn done unto me.
Thee a cage shall hold of the glittering gold
With a door of ivory.