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"The Whummil Bore" is Child ballad 27.[1] A whummil is a tool for drilling holes.
Synopsis edit
The narrator served the king seven years and "saw his daughter only once"—meaning saw her naked, through a whummil bore. She was being dressed by her maids.
Commentary edit
Only one variant of this ballad exists.[2] "Hind Horn" appears to contain a stanza from it.[3]
Recording edit
This is recorded on the Steeleye Span 2006 album Bloody Men.
See also edit
References edit
- ^ Francis James Child, English and Scottish Popular Ballads, "The Whummil Bore"
- ^ Francis James Child, The English and Scottish Popular Ballads, v 1, p 247, Dover Publications, New York 1965
- ^ Francis James Child, The English and Scottish Popular Ballads, v 1, p 247, Dover Publications, New York 1965
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