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T:Long Lankin
T:Cruel Lincoln
O:Northumbria, England
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w:Says my lord to my la-dy as he moun-ted his horse Be
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w:ware of Long Lan-kin what lives in the grass
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W:Says my lord to my lady as he mounted his horse
W:Beware of Long Lankin what lives in the gbrass
W:
W:Says my lord to my lady as he went on his way
W:Beware of Long Lankin that lives in the hay
W:
W:See the doors are all bolted see the windows all pinned
W:And leave not a crack for a mouse to creep in
W:
W:Oh the doors were all bolted oh the windows were pinned
W:But at the small peep in the window Long Lankin crept in
W:
W:Where's the lord of this household? cries Long Lankin
W:He's away out to London says the false nurse to him
W:
W:Where's the lady of the household? cries Long Lankin
W:She's asleep in her chamber says the false nurse to him
W:
W:Where's the heir of the household? cries Long Lankin
W:He's asleep in his cradle says the false nurse to him
W:
W:We'll pinch him and we'll prick him all over with a pin
W:And that'll make me lady to come down to him
W:
W:So he pinched him and they pricked him all over with a pin
W:And the false nurse held the basin for the blood to drip in
W:
W:O nurse how you slumber O nurse how you sleep
W:You leave my little son to cry and to weep
W:
W:O nurse how you slumber O nurse how you snore
W:You leave me little baby to cry and to roar
W:
W:Oh I tried him with the milk and I've tried him with the pap
W:Come down my fair lady and rock him in your pap
W:
W:I've tried him with the rattle and I've tried him with the bell
W:Come down my pretty lady and rock him in yourself
W:
W:How dare I come down in the dead of the night
W:When there's no candles burning nor no fires alight?
W:
W:You have three silver gowns all bright as the sun
W:Come down my pretty lady all by the light of one
W:
W:Oh the lady came downstairs she was thinking no harm
W:Long Lankin he stood ready for to catch her in his arm
W:
W:There's blood in the kitchen there's blood in the hall
W:There's blood in the parlour where my lady did fall
W:
W:Her handmaid stood out at the window so high
W:And she saw her lord and master come ariding close by
W:
W:O master O master don't lay no blame on me
W:Twas the false nurse and Lankin that killed your lady
W:
W:O master O master don't lay no blame on me
W:It was the false nurse and Lankin that killed your baby
W:
W:Long Lankin shall be hanged on the gallows so high
W:And the false nurse shall be burned in the fire close by.

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