Lamkin
No: 93; variant: 93L
- 'O WHERE'S the men of this house?'
quo the Lamkin:
'They're in the barn threshing,'
quo the false nurse within.
- 'O where's the women of the house?'
quo the Lamkin:
'They're at the well washing,'
quo the false nurse within.
- 'O where's the lord of this house?'
quo the Lamkin:
'He's in the wood hunting,'
quo the false nurse within.
- 'O where's the lady of the house?'
quo the Lamkin:
'She's in her bower dressing,'
quo the false nurse within.
- 'O please my babie, nourrice,
O please him with the keys:'
'He'll no be pleased, madam,
let me do what I please.'
- 'O please my babie, nourrice,
O please him with the bell:'
'He'll no be pleased, madam,
till ye come down yoursell.'
- There was blood in the chaumer,
and blood in the ha,
And blood in his ladie's room,
which he liked warst of a'.