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Lamkin
LAMKIN—U
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a. The Ballad Book, by William Allingham, p. xxxiii, part of a version sung by a nurse in the family of a relative in Ireland. b. The same, p. 297, No 56, a compounded version.
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As my lord and my ladywere out walking one day,
Says my lord to my lady,
Beware of Lamkin.
2
‘O why should I fear him,or any such man,
When my doors are well barrd,
and my windows well pinnd?’
3
‘O keep your gold and silver,it will do you some good;
It will buy you a coffin,
when you are dead.’
4
There's blood in the kitchen,and blood in the hall,
And the young Mayor of England
lies dead by the wall.
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