+The Text+ is taken from the Introduction to Motherwell's _Minstrelsy_,
p. lxxiv.
+The Story+ appears to be a conversation between a wee boy and the
devil, the latter under the guise of a knight. The boy will be carried
off unless he can 'have the last word,' a charm of great power against
all evil spirits.
A very similar ballad, of repartees between an old crone and a wee boy,
was found at the Lappfiord, Finland.