The Whummil Bore

"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.

gollark: Antidisestablishmentarianism is better anyway.
gollark: I'm not convinced that that's meaningfully a word.
gollark: Greetings.
gollark: [DATA <SQUARE BRACKETS EXPUNGED> [REDACTED]] happened.
gollark: CEASE. This is against the dißcord server rules.

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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