I don't remember it exactly, but it goes something like this:
There was a lady in the west,
lay the bank with the bonny broom
she had three children of the best,
down the dale, dilly down doom
There came a stranger to the gate
and three days and nights did he wait
The eldest child did open the door
the second set him on the floor
the third child brought the stranger a chair, so he might sit there
"Now answer me these questions three
Or you shall surely go with me.
"Now answer me these questions six
Or you shall surely be Old Nick's.
"Now answer me these questions nine
Or you shall surely all be mine.
"What is greener than the grass?
What is smoother than chrystale glass?
"What is louder than a horn?
What is sharper than a thorn?
"What is brighter than the light?
What is darker than the night?
"What is keener than an axe?
What is softer than melting wax?
"What is rounder than a ring?"
There's more that I don't remember and I think I have a lot out of order. I really want to see the full poem, but I don't know where to find it. Please help?
There was a lady in the west,
lay the bank with the bonny broom
she had three children of the best,
down the dale, dilly down doom
There came a stranger to the gate
and three days and nights did he wait
The eldest child did open the door
the second set him on the floor
the third child brought the stranger a chair, so he might sit there
"Now answer me these questions three
Or you shall surely go with me.
"Now answer me these questions six
Or you shall surely be Old Nick's.
"Now answer me these questions nine
Or you shall surely all be mine.
"What is greener than the grass?
What is smoother than chrystale glass?
"What is louder than a horn?
What is sharper than a thorn?
"What is brighter than the light?
What is darker than the night?
"What is keener than an axe?
What is softer than melting wax?
"What is rounder than a ring?"
There's more that I don't remember and I think I have a lot out of order. I really want to see the full poem, but I don't know where to find it. Please help?