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Bloody Lambkin
LAMKIN—W
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communicated by Mr Macmath as derived from his aunt, Miss Jane Webster, who learned it from her aunt, Minnie Spark, Kirkcudbrightshire.
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And it was weel built,without and within,
Except a little hole,
to let Bloody Lambkin come in.
2
He stabbed her young son,wi the silver bodkin,
Till oot o the cradle
the reed blude did rin.
3
‘Oh still my babe, nourrice,still him wi the keys:’
‘He'll no be still, madam,
let me do what I please.’
4
‘Oh still my babe, nourrice,still him wi the knife:’
‘He'll no be still, madam,
na, no for my life.’
5
‘Oh still my babe, still my babe,still him wi the bell:’
‘He'll no be still, madam,
till ye come down yoursel.’
6
‘How can I come down,this cold frosty night?
I have neither coal nor candle,
for to show me light!’
7
‘O haud your tongue, nourrice,sae loud as ye lee;
Ye'd neer a cut finger
but I pitied thee.’
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