"Oh, where are ye going to, my wee lad?"
Said the false knight on the road.
"I'm going to the school," said the bonnie bonnie boy.
And still still he stood

"What have you got in your school bag?"
"My books and my dinner," said the bonnie bonnie boy.

"And what is your dinner, my wee lad?"
"It's bread and cheese," said the bonnie bonnie boy.

"Pray give me some, my bonnie wee lad?"
"Oh no, not a crumb," said the bonnie bonnie boy.

"Who owns all those sheep upon the hill?"
"They're mine and my mothers," said the bonnie bonnie boy.

"How many of them are mine, wee lad?"
"All those with green tails," said the bonnie bonnie boy.

"I wish that you were on yonder tree."
"With a ladder under me," said the bonnie bonnie boy.

"And the ladder to break under thee."
"And you to fall down," said the bonnie bonnie boy.

"I wish you were now in yonder sea."
"With a good ship under me," said the bonnie bonnie boy.

"And the ship for to break and sink with thee."
"And you to be drowned," said the bonnie bonnie boy.

"Who taught you so well, my wee lad?"
"My teachers and my mama" said the bonnie bonnie boy.

"Why did they teach you so well?"
"To keep me from you and your wicked Hell"

"Bad luck to your teacher that taught you so well."
"Good luck to the teacher that kept me from Hell."