Lamkin- Mitchell (NL) 1930 Karpeles C
[Fragment from Lambkin: A Study in Evolution by Anne G. Gilchrist;Journal of the English Folk Dance and Song Society, Vol. 1, No. 1 (Dec., 1932), pp. 1-17. Also in folk Songs from Newfoundland, 1934 version A. Bronson 21.
This is given as an example the Northumbrian or English version, form 2 in Gilchrist's article- it lacks the opening stanza about the mason (see Child A) found in the Scottish versions.
R. Matteson 2015]
C. [LAMKIN] Noted by MAUD KARPELES. Sung by Mrs. May Joseph Mitchell at Placentia Bay, Newfoundland on July 10, 1930.
1. The Lord to the lady
Was walking the quay.
Said the lord to the lady:
"Are you 'fraid of Lamkin?"
(No more words).