The Whummil Bore

Traditional song
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Child's Ballads/27

"The Whummil Bore" is Child ballad 27.[1] A whummil is a tool for drilling holes.

Synopsis

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

Only one variant of this ballad exists.[2] "Hind Horn" appears to contain a stanza from it.[3]

Recording

This is recorded on the Steeleye Span 2006 album Bloody Men.

See also

References

  1. ^ Francis James Child, English and Scottish Popular Ballads, "The Whummil Bore"
  2. ^ Francis James Child, The English and Scottish Popular Ballads, v 1, p 247, Dover Publications, New York 1965
  3. ^ Francis James Child, The English and Scottish Popular Ballads, v 1, p 247, Dover Publications, New York 1965
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