Proud Lamkin- Quann (NL) 1930 Karpeles D
[Fragment from Lambkin: A Study in Evolution by Anne G. Gilchrist;Journal of the English Folk Dance and Song Society, Vol. 1, No. 1 (Dec., 1932), pp. 1-17. Also in folk Songs from Newfoundland, 1934 version A. Not found in Bronson.
This is given as an example the Northumbrian or English version, form 2 in Gilchrist's article- it lacks the opening stanza about the mason (see Child A) found in the Scottish versions.
R. Matteson 2015]
D. [PROUD LAMKIN] Noted by MAUD KARPELES. Sung buy Mr. Joseph Quann at Rencintre, Fortune Bay, Newfoundland on July 18, 1930.
Proud Lamkin was taken and condemned for to die,
And the false-hearted maiden was burned along side.
(No more words).