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The Text is from Jamieson's Popular Ballads He obtained it from Mrs Brown It is by far the best version of a score or so in existence The name of the hero varies from Lamkin Lankin Lonkin etc to Rankin and Balcanqual I have been informed by Andrew McDowall Esq of an incomplete version in which Lamkin's name has become 'Bold Hang'em '	A
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Finlay Scottish Ballads remarks 'All reciters agree that Lammikin or Lambkin is not the name of the hero but merely an epithet '	-
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The Story varies little throughout all the versions though in some as in one known to Percy it lacks much of the detail here given	B
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LAMKIN	C
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It's Lamkin was a mason good	D
As ever built wi' stane	C
He built Lord Wearie's castle	E
But payment got he nane	C
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'O pay me Lord Wearie	F
Come pay me my fee'	G
'I canna pay you Lamkin	C
For I maun gang o'er the sea '	-
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'O pay me now Lord Wearie	F
Come pay me out o' hand'	D
'I canna pay you Lamkin	C
Unless I sell my land '	-
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'O gin ye winna pay me	H
I here sail mak' a vow	G
Before that ye come hame again	C
Ye sall hae cause to rue '	-
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Lord Wearie got a bonny ship	I
To sail the saut sea faem	H
Bade his lady weel the castle keep	J
Ay till he should come hame	H
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But the nourice was a fause limmer	F
As e'er hung on a tree	H
She laid a plot wi' Lamkin	C
Whan her lord was o'er the sea	H
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She laid a plot wi' Lamkin	C
When the servants were awa'	K
Loot him in at a little shot window	D
And brought him to the ha'	L
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'O whare's a' the men o' this house	M
That ca' me Lamkin '	-
'They're at the barn well thrashing	N
'Twill be lang ere they come in '	-
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'And whare's the women o' this house	M
That ca' me Lamkin '	-
'They're at the far well washing	N
'Twill be lang ere they come in '	-
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'And whare's the bairns o' this house	M
That ca' me Lamkin '	-
'They're at the school reading	N
'Twill be night or they come hame '	-
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'O whare's the lady o' this house	M
That ca's me Lamkin '	-
'She's up in her bower sewing	N
But we soon can bring her down '	-
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Then Lamkin's tane a sharp knife	G
That hung down by his gaire	H
And he has gi'en the bonny babe	O
A deep wound and a sair	H
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Then Lamkin he rocked	D
And the fause nourice sang	P
Till frae ilkae bore o' the cradle	E
The red blood out sprang	P
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Then out it spak' the lady	H
As she stood on the stair	H
'What ails my bairn nourice	M
That he's greeting sae sair	H
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'O still my bairn nourice	M
O still him wi' the pap '	-
'He winna still lady	H
For this nor for that '	-
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'O still my bairn nourice	M
O still him wi' the wand '	-
'He winna still lady	H
For a' his father's land '	-
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'O still my bairn nourice	M
O still him wi' the bell '	-
'He winna still lady	H
Till ye come down yoursel' '	-
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O the firsten step she steppit	H
She steppit on a stane	C
But the neisten step she steppit	H
She met him Lamkin	C
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'O mercy mercy Lamkin	C
Hae mercy upon me	H
Though you've ta'en my young son's life	G
Ye may let mysel' be '	-
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'O sall I kill her nourice	M
Or sall I lat her be '	-
'O kill her kill her Lamkin	C
For she ne'er was good to me '	-
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'O scour the bason nourice	M
And mak' it fair and clean	C
For to keep this lady's heart's blood	H
For she's come o' noble kin '	-
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'There need nae bason Lamkin	C
Lat it run through the floor	H
What better is the heart's blood	H
O' the rich than o' the poor '	-
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But ere three months were at an end	H
Lord Wearie came again	C
But dowie dowie was his heart	H
When first he came hame	H
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'O wha's blood is this ' he says	M
'That lies in the chamer '	-
'It is your lady's heart's blood	H
'T is as clear as the lamer '	-
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'And wha's blood is this ' he says	M
'That lies in my ha' '	-
'It is your young son's heart's blood	H
'Tis the clearest ava '	-
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O sweetly sang the black bird	H
That sat upon the tree	H
But sairer grat Lamkin	C
When he was condemn'd to die	H
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And bonny sang the mavis	M
Out o' the thorny brake	Q
But sairer grat the nourice	M
When she was tied to the stake	Q

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