Lamkin
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title:
Lamkin
text:
"Lamkin", "Lambkin", "Long Lankin", or "Bolakins" is an English-language ballad. It gives an account of the murder of a woman and her infant son by a man, in some versions, a disgruntled mason, in others, a devil, bogeyman or a motiveless villain. Versions of the ballad are found in Scotland, England and the US. According to Roud and Bishop (2012): "Lambkin" is not one of the major league Child ballads in terms of popularity, but it was widely known in England and Scotland, and even more so in N
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encyclopedia
description:
Traditional song
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lamkin
date created:
2004-12-09T05:26:35Z
date modified:
2024-09-06T03:09:31Z
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