Lamkin
No: 93; variant: 93I
- LANCKIN was as guid a mason
as ever did use stane;
He biggit Lord Murray's house,
an payment neer got nane.
- It fell ance on a day
Lord Murray went frae hame,
An Lankin came to the fause nourice,
. . . . .
- 'O still my bairn, nourice,
still him wi the knife:'
'He winna still, lady,
Tho I should lay down my life.'
- 'O still my bairn, nurice,
still him wi the bell:'
'He winna still, lady,
till ye come down yersel.'
- The first [step she steppit],
she came on the marble stane;
The next step [she steppit],
she met him Lankin.
- 'O spare my life, Lankin,
an I'll gie ye a peck o goud;
An that dinna please ye,
I'll heap it wi my hand.'
- 'O will I kill the lady, nurice,
or will I lat her be?'
'O kill her, Lankin,
she was never guid to me.'
- 'O wanted ye yer meat, nurice?
or wanted ye yer fee?
Or wanted ye the othir bounties
ladys are wont to gie?'
- . . . . .
. . . . .
'O kill her, Lankin,
she was never guid to me.'
- 'Gae wash a bason, nurice,
an ye wash it clean,
To cape this ladie's blood;
she is come o high kine.'
- 'I winna wash a bason,
nor will I wash it clean,
To cape this ladie's blood,
tho she's come o high kine.'
- Bonny sang yon bird,
as he sat upon the tree,
But sare grat Lankin.
for he was hangit hie.
- Bonny sang the bird,
that sat upon the hill,
But sare grat the nurice,
whan the caudron gan to boil.
- . . . . .
Lankin was hangit hie,
And the fause nourice burnt
in the caudron was she.