Classic Poem

Oh, Lamkin was a mason
And he built well with stone;
He built my lord's castle,
But payment he got none.

" O pay me, O pay me;
Come pay me my fee. "
" I cannot pay you, Lamkin,
Until I sail o'er the sea. "

Then his young son in the castle
Was murdered one day
By Falseness and Lamkin
While the servants were away.

Then out spoke my lady:
" Have mercy on me;
Though you've taken my young son's life,
O have mercy on me. "

Lady Betty was lying
In her chamber so high,
When she heard her dear daddy
Come riding hard by.

" O Daddy, O Daddy,
You need not blame me,
For Falseness and Lamkin
Have killed your lady. "

Then Lamkin was hanged
On yon gallows so high,
And Falseness was burned
In a fire hard by.

Then sweetly sang the wild birds
As they soared upon high,
For Falseness and Lamkin
Deserved well to die.