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The Whummil Bore


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

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.

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

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



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