'Bloody Lambkin,' communicated by Mr. Macmath as derived from
his aunt, Miss Jane Webster, who learned it from her aunt, Minnie
Spark, Kirkcudbrightshire.
| 1 |
* * * *
And it was weel built,
without and within,
Except a little hole,
to let Bloody Lambkin come in.
* * * * |
| 2 |
He stabbed her young son,
with the silver bodkin,
Till oot o the cradle
the reed blude did rin. |
| 3 |
'Oh still my babe, nourrice,
still him wi the keys:'
'He'll no be still, madam,
let me do what I please.' |
| 4 |
'Oh still my babe, nourrice,
still him wi the knife:'
'He'll no be still, madam,
na, no for my life.' |
| 5 |
'Oh still my babe, still my babe,
still him wi the bell:'
'He'll no be still, madam,
till ye come down yoursel.' |
| 6 |
'How can I come down,
his cold frosty night?
I have neither coal nor candle,
for to show me light!'
* * * * |
| 7 |
'O haud your tongue, nourrice,
sae loud as ye lee;
Ye'd neer a cut finger
but I pitied thee.' |
