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Lamkin
LAMKIN—L
[OMITTED]1
‘O where's the men of this house?’quo the Lamkin:
‘They're in the barn threshing,’
quo the false nurse within.
2
‘O where's the women of the house?’quo the Lamkin:
‘They're at the well washing,’
quo the false nurse within.
3
‘O where's the lord of this house?’quo the Lamkin:
‘He's in the wood hunting,’
quo the false nurse within.
4
‘O where's the lady of the house?’quo the Lamkin:
‘She's in her bower dressing,’
quo the false nurse within.
5
‘O please my babie, nourrice,O please him with the keys:’
‘He'll no be pleased, madam,
let me do what I please.’
6
‘O please my babie, nourrice,O please him with the bell:’
‘He'll no be pleased, madam,
till ye come down yoursell.’
7
There was blood in the chaumer,and blood in the ha,
And blood in his ladie's room,
which he liked warst of a'.
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