Long Longkin

Collected by Rev. Philip Parsons from a female parishioner, Wye

Sent to Thomas Percy 19^th April 1775

From the Percy Papers (Percy MS – 129.A) via the Bluegrass Messengers website, http://www.bluegrassmessengers.com/long-longkin–parsons-1775-child-93k-lamkin.aspx

Roud 6, Child 93

Steve Gardham suggests  that the lines “He was in league with the nurse who let him in to one of the low rooms” and “Whilst he and the nurse are plundering the house the Lord comes home & avenges himself upon those wicked villains” were spoken interjections, where the singer could remember the gist of the story, but not the specific