Beaulampkin

[Intro ]
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[Verso 1]
 
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Beau Lampkins was as fine a mason as ever laid stone 
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He built a fine castle and pay he got none 
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Said the landlord to the lady, "When I am from home, 
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beware of Beau Lampkins should he catch you alone" 
 


[Verso 2]
 
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"Oh no," said the lady, "you need not fear him, 
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our doors are all bolted and our windows barred in" 
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Beau Lampkins rode by when the landlord was away 
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And seeing a false nurse at the window, did say 
 


[Verso 3]
 
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"Oh, where is the landlord or is he at home?" 
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"He's gone to Mary, England for to visit his son" 
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"And how shall I enter?" said Lampkins to her 
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The false nurse then arose and unbolted the door 
 


[Verso 4]
 
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"If the lady is upstairs, how shall we get her down? 
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We'll stick her little baby full of needles and pins" 
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Beau Lampkins rocked hard and the false nurse, she sung 
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While the tears and red blood from the cradle did run 
 


[Verso 5]
 
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The lady come downstairs, not thinking of harm 
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Beau Lampkins then arose and caught her in his arms 
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"Oh, spare me, Beau Lampkins, spare me a day 
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And you shall have as much gold as your horse can take away 
 


[Verso 6]
 
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Oh spare me, Beau Lampkins, oh spare me a while 
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Can't you hear how mournful my little baby does cry? 
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Oh spare me, Beau Lampkins, oh spare me an hour 
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And you shall have my daughter Betsy, my own blooming flower" 
 


[Verso 7]
 
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"You can keep your daughter Betsy to wait in the flood 
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Here, hold the silver basin, to catch your heart's blood" 
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"Oh stay, Daughter Betsy, in your chamber so high 
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Till you hear your dear father as he comes riding by" 
 


[Verso 8]
 
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"Oh, father," said Betsy when the landlord come home 
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"Beau Lampkins killed my mother while you was gone" 
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Beau Lampkins was hanged to the gallows so high 
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While the false nurse was burned to a stake standing by