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Long Lankin was a mason, good as ever hewed stone
Built the Lord a fine castle, and pay he got none

Said the lord to the lady, as he mounted his horse:
Beware of Long Lankin that lives in the moss.

Let the doors be all bolted and the windows all pinned,
And leave not a hole for a mouse to creep in.

The doors was all bolted and the windows all pinned,
Except one little hole, where Lankin crept in.

Oh where dwells the lord, says cruel Long Lankin,
He’s away in fair London. said the false nurse to him.

Where’s the heir of this house? said Long Lankin.
He’s asleep in his cradle, said the false nurse to him.

We’ll prick him, we’ll prick him all over with a pin,
And then the fine lady will come down to him.

So he pricked him, he pricked him all over with a pin,
And the nurse held the basin for the blood to flow in.

O nurse, how you slumber. O nurse, how you sleep.
You leave my little son, to cry and to weep.

I’ve tried him with apples, I’ve tried him with a pear.
Come down, my fair lady, and rock him in your chair.

My lady came down, all a-thinking no harm.
Long Lankin stood ready to catch her bare arm.

There’s blood in the kitchen. There’s blood in the hall.
There’s blood in the parlour where my lady did fall.

Her maiden looked out from the turret so high,
And she saw her master from London riding by.

O master, O master, don’t lay the blame on me.
Twas the false nurse and Lankin that killed your fair lady.

Long Lankin was hanged on a gibbet so high
And the false nurse was burnt in a fire close by.

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