Lamkin
No: 93; variant: 93K
- MY lord said to my lady,
when he went from home,
Take care of Long Longkin,
he lies in the lone.
- My lady said to my lord,
when he went abroad,
. . . . .
. . . . .
- 'I care not for Longkin,
nor none of his kin,
For my gate's fast barrd,
and my windows shut in.'
- My lord was not gone
many miles from the place,
Until the false Longkin
came straight to the place.
- 'Pinch the bairn, nourry,
pinch it very sore,
Untill the mother
shall come down below.'
- 'Still the bairn, nury,
still it with the pap:'
'It wont be stilld, madam,
with neither this nor that.'
- 'Still the bairn, nury,
still it with a bell:'
'It wont be stilld, madam,
till you cum down yoursell.'
- 'Come down, Lady Betty,
the flower of all your kin,
And see your mother's heart's blood,
so freely running.
- Down came Lady Betty,
her heart full of woe:
'Oh take my life, Longkin,
and let my mother go.'
- 'Come down, Lady Nelly,
the flower of all your kin,
And see your sister's heart's blood,
so freely running.'
- Down came Lady Nelly,
her heart full of woe:
'Oh take my life, Longkin,
and let my sister go.'
- 'Come down, Lady Jenny, etc.